Just a number - Field Service Engineer II Lam Research Employee Review

1.0
Sep 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great medical, vision and dental benefits. Invests a lot in new technologies. Travel opportunities are almost always available if you want to take them.

Cons

HR doesn't do their job, and doesn't care. The company doesn't fix problems they just throw money at issues and hope they go away. For being focused on being number one in customer trust they really don't care about the customer, just the money.

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Lam Research Response
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We value our employees and their contributions, and believe in providing a positive environment to nurture satisfaction in the workplace. We regret hearing about your unfavorable experience. Our Human Resources team is dedicated to supporting our employees and their success at Lam, and strives to work with managers to help them identify appropriate actions to address the pace of our work, the quality of our work environment, and our commitments to customers. Our culture is what creates differentiation for Lam and employees are encouraged to give feedback to their team and supervisors to foster a greater sense of Teamwork and Open Communication, two of our Core Values. Our customers and our employees are each essential to our success. We take feedback into consideration and actively seek employee opinions through several channels including skip-level meetings, regular manager/employee check-ins, and an annual engagement survey, in our efforts for Continuous Improvement, another one of our Core Values. We appreciate your candid feedback. - Lam Research

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