A warning to process engineers - Process Engineer Lam Research Employee Review

1.0
Jul 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

See cons. Toxic and unlawful enviornment.

Cons

would not recommend any process engineering roles at this organization. The haphazard attitude of management in the 3D-NAND deposition group is only compensated for by their dishonesty and lack of accountability. This has led to half of the group leaving; including people at the director level. Furthermore, there is a severe lack of safety: in late-January Lam sent a group of engineers to China during the viral outbreak. Management claims they were not aware of this outbreak when they sent people, but all of the Chinese-based Lam employees knew about it. Bringing up this fact to management and HR gets no response. Additionally, on the same day the US cancelled all flights to China due to the coronavirus, one of the US-based employees, who returned two days earlier from China, was told they should have stayed. This employee was also not informed to quarantine despite asking management earlier, because, at the time of the outbreak, Lam was not aware this employee went China. How can Lam not account for the very employees they ask to travel? Again, management and HR have no answer.

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Opportunities to support global activities

Cons

Heavy micromanagement — frequent revisions on ppt to minor details like font size and colors. Frequently calling staffs even after work hours and lunch time. Manager often takes on additional work from other teams without considering current team workload, So the manager appears supportive and “nice” externally but creates additional burden to the subordinates. Manager controls team budget strictly for team-building activities (events and meals), team members feel restrictive and reluctant to participate, for example team members dare not order appetizers, dessert or drinks on top of entrees during team events. Manager used up most of the travel budget. Biz trip and personal travel boundaries are unclear, especially when manager frequently has business trips overlaps with personal travel. Seems like manager using biz trip to get free hotel and free air tickets for PTO.

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