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      Lam Research

      Engaged Employer

      Lam Research reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (2,425 total reviews)
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      Tim Archer

      94% approve of CEO

      87% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Senior management

      Lam Research has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,425 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 Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Apr 7, 2019

      Poor upper management; company does not utilize talent well. Avoid Dielectric etch department at all costs.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary, overall compensation PTO, benefits

      Cons

      Poor Upper Managent Does not utilize talented engineers Management favoritism Departments and upper management do not abide by company values (teamwork, honesty, integrity do not exist)

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      Lam Research Response
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      Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We value our employees, their contributions, and believe in providing a positive environment to nurture career satisfaction in the workplace. We take feedback into consideration and actively seek employee opinions through several channels including skip-level meetings, regular manager/employee check-ins, training and development, and engagement surveys. We make these investments as part of our learning culture and our commitment to a key core value, which is Innovation and Continuous Improvement. We appreciate your input, and will be sharing your comments and observations with Lam HR and the management team to ensure that they are aware of the points that you have made. - Lam Research
      2.0
      Mar 13, 2019

      Great potential

      Engineering technician iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Can deliver very detailed experience in semiconductor field. Great benefits.

      Cons

      Management structure is based on "good ole boys club". Very hard to make headway in forward career progress. Non-professional career relationships plague the manufacturing departments.

      1.0
      Feb 18, 2019

      Communication, Transparancy, and Integrity are Penalized at Lam.

      Order fulfillment
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lam has some of the hardest working and intelligent front line employees (manufacturers, material handlers, and field service engineers) in the WFE industry. Unfortunately, these truly brilliant, stellar performers are the minority (10-15%) at this company; and they are Vastly Outnumbered by lazy, inexperienced, or outright unintelligent members of the 'professional' Product Group, Engineering, and Account Team divisions.

      Cons

      Account Team and Product Group lack of planning (and lack of communication) in the front end design phase, very often results in configuration errors which aren't captured by engineers, schedulers, and program/production managers... most often until the equipment is about to, or has already shipped. This last minute 'churn' results in tools being shipped with too many parts, too few parts, loss of revenue, and customer trust. Greater care/intelligence in the front-end portion of design/slotting, would result in much less 'churn' for front-line employees, and higher level product shipped to consumers.

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