Lam Research reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,408 total reviews)
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Tim Archer

93% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Lam Research has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,408 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lam Research employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Oct 13, 2025

Terrible middle mgmt

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Pros

Great CEO with good company directions and progress

Cons

manager who frequently undermines my efforts, assigns excessive workloads, and has even leveraged my visa renewal to pressure me into taking on more tasks. manager monopolizes all business travel opportunities, which has prevented me from conducting necessary supplier visits essential for effective project management, supplier audits and quarterly business reviews (QBRs) Performance Evaluation Inconsistencies - in 2020, I received a spot award from my former manager for my dedication, and in 2021, I was rated as 'outstanding' in both 'achievement' and 'teamwork.' However, under the current manager, my ratings abruptly dropped to 'below expectations.' Skills and work ethic that once earned recognition are now criticized. manager micro-managing and frequent call, even when I was on vocation or lunch time. I raised these concerns with HR, but there was no investigation done, HR sided the manager without reviewing the evidence I provided, and ultimately I have to face the manager's retaliatory actions. This hostile environment has left me with no work-life balance, constantly bullying and harassment. Served 7 years there, a good company, but the last 3.5 year with the bad manager was horrible.

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Lam Research Response
7mo
Thank you for your feedback and the time spent with us. We’re sorry to hear about your recent experience, which does not live up to the values we strive for. We strongly encourage you to reach out to ethics@lamresearch.com to share additional details. Your insights can help us identify where we can improve and take action.
1.0
Feb 10, 2024

Outsource employment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay check for the 3/4 day schedule

Cons

Shortly after matching our pay rate to the market rate (we've had YEARS OF BEING UNDERPAID), the company decides to do massive layoffs two months later. Layoffs started with the temporary workers and then 95% of the permanent employees at my work location. Massive shift of having jobs in California were moved to their overseas locations. Their guiding principle is based off of lining their own pockets ("Achieve financial goals to deliver shareholder value"). "Attract, retain, and develop the best talent" meaning: look for talent in lower income countries to "Achieve financial goals to deliver shareholder value". Their core values and principles is just a facade. They keep telling the public "they're a better company" and a bunch of other stuff to make themselves seem perfect. They are far from perfect. Just putting lipstick on a pig. I have more to add. Maybe a part 2 to this review at a later time.

1.0
Sep 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

401k match. $300 fitness reimbursement.

Cons

The poor and unethical dielectric etch management keep abusing power and is much better at defaming and pushing out good engineers than developing a product. Their behavior is far from decent, not to mention the company's core values. The core values are just their tool to punish engineers who have disagreement or are not their favorites.

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