The company I love to work till my retirement - Data Scientist Lam Research Employee Review

5.0
Feb 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Looking at the profile of the company, it does not probably tell much of what the working experience looks like. I love to work at Lam Research. This is the best working place and environment in comparisons to where I have worked before. I worked in a company with a similar profile (residing in Bay Area with almost the same size) but did not recall having the same experience. Lam has core values and they are the people I work with and the management. They guide us to work respectfully, effectively, and meaningfully so that we work with pride and be rewarded accordingly. The HR and management are one of the best team here that care much to the employee especially in the unprecedented time of pandemic. The fact that the stellar result of the company's earning during this difficult time shows how Lam employee works ethos with the clear guidance from the management. Lam is definitely a recommended place to work.

Cons

Honestly, I do not have any cons view.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Pay is market rate or slightly higher. Smart new fresh grads join every year. They work hard.

Cons

Avoid Dielectric Etch Org as much as you can. Both product and process engineering. Constant Pressure, extreme long work hours, You are working 7/8 AM to 9/10PM, need to work on weekends because of lack of tool times. High level management yelling, screaming in meetings for anything trivial. If CVP wakes up not happy that day, someone will get yelled at in either large or small meetings for small things. THIS IS Dielectric Etch Culture at Lam. This place is a cesspool of nepotism. Even director levels are being yelled at constantly in meetings for various reasons, if he or she is not favored by the CVP. If a mediocre engineer or director who is liked by CVP, he will have much easy time cruising through with minimal effort and knowledge. ... If you are fresh PhD from top or mid tier schools, expect 80hr work weeks, and if you are not lucky, wait for 4 years to be promoted from lvl 3 to 4 level and stuck with no options to move around because you are stuck in Semiconductor equipment industry and other orgs in Lam won't take you. There are many junior engineers with excellent work ethic stuck doing the same things for half a decade without a move in their career. But if you are good at lip service, your life will be easier. Do not trust the general statement of Lam has good culture, it is very very dependent on which Org inside Lam.

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