Lam Research reviews

Not everyone follows the culture and Core Values, which becomes obvious when it starts impacting you and you see the hypocrisy. People who complain a lot or those who don't really do much of the actual work but talk about it as if they led everything are the ones that get promoted. Sell your work to your manager and complain about being overwhelmed to get noticed, otherwise you may be the one laid off during a down-turn. Management makes random questionable decisions not based on pure facts. BEWARE: In a down-turn, management may choose to keep questionable personnel that don't do much except complain over legit, hard-working, ethical individuals who are actually dedicated to their job. Sometimes management lies to your face to keep you motivated enough to stay while doing other things behind your back, so be careful around management promising full-time positions while you're a contractor and don't wait for promises to come true, apply for anything that becomes available asap. My advice: look for opportunities outside the dry manufacturing department. The business is currently in a significant down-ramp, given the situation with the semiconductor industry relations with China.

-Pay is never adjusted to what is actually fair IF at all -People in leadership positions often make less than the people they are in charge of since Lam doesn't raise your pay unless you fight tooth and nail and they generally hire new people at higher rates just to get them in the door. -HR doesn't care unless it's something political in nature -Management is awful- always in meetings or just never where you need them and then they descend in masses and you always end up with too many in charge and not enough people fixing the problem -Pass down from shift to shift is god awful and tons of problems stem from this alone. -You don't have time to get a decent meal -Employees aren't motivated because there is no one holding them accountable -Blame game is huge in the culture -Different shifts are like rival gangs -Lazy incompetent leadership at all levels