A service based company disguised as a Product based company - Sr. Software Engineer Lam Research Employee Review

1.0
Jun 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee gets to "buy" shares of the company at 15% discount with a salary deduction as they no longer believe in giving RSUs and as per company rules, one has to go (above and beyond)*10 to receive a single RSU. If this is really a PROs, not sure

Cons

Where to even begin: - No travel - If you are new and do not have good rapo with the oldies; you are doomed - Managers will allocate you as 0.5 and 0.25 resource to different projects - Your growth is stinted as this a "manufacturing" company so you need to be thorough with your basics, by which I mean, Physics, Chemistry. Mind you, this is not a software company. So run, if you really want to apply your brains to be in this company. If you are up for dirty politics, then this can be the place for you. - Compensation is as good as service based company - Basic infra is missing with no parking space, cafeteria and pantry seating - Upper management has 0 technical knowledge, all they do is roam around from one desk to another or from one meeting room to another.

Explore other reviews about Lam Research

5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work. Would recommend!

Cons

A high pressure environment but worth it.

2.0
Apr 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay with decent benefits.

Cons

Highly toxic in certain (not all) business units. Directors and above held to far lower standards than employees. I received a lot of abuse from my manager and when I reacted, she used it against me over the course of five years, resulting in my launching an ER investigation upon which resulted in my termination. (They weren't even adult enough to tell me I was being fired; I found out by accident when I received a termination paycheck). Would love to recommend, but would never recommend Lam based on the treatment I got from my entire leadership chain over a five year period. PS, pretty sure retaliation of this nature is against the law; looking into it.

3
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All