Tough work environment as supplier in semiconductor industry - Process Engineer Lam Research Employee Review

3.0
9 Mar 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting, cutting edge work. Pockets of good people to work with. Some groups have good support for lab activities. Recent stock performance carries some compensation benefits

Cons

Long hours, high pressure from customers to fix their problems. Pay doesn't match SWEs in the Bay Area, hard to imagine being here long term with how expensive it is. Some groups have terrible management, will crush their employees with work, I've observed yelling/public belittling in meetings. Overall working at the mercy of our customers, they will squeeze you for maximum output.

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5.0
14 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance and management

Cons

Challenge customer, leans towards Taiwanese colleague

2.0
30 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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