Manassas location has a poor management style
Pros
Micron has state of the art manufacturing technology that helps you to grow fast. Everyday is a great learning opportunity. I always felt I was challenged enough to keep my motivation up. You get to work with very nice and smart people in interesting projects. Manassas site usually runs the legacy products but still you get to learn both DRAM, NAND and NOR technologies. Great benefits. Headquarter office works hard to improve work life balance with policies. Nice industry reputation.
Cons
Manassas location has a very poor management. Goals are intentionly set higher than reasonable margins and managers are held accountable for not meeting those numbers. That pressure bubbles up while coming down to individual contributors. People are set for failure. For the last 18 months, the attrition rate was immensely high. Higher management covered up this problem by reporting to the corporate that lower performers were leaving the company. I personally know at least 15 incredible engineers left the company during that time. Some of them were the only ones who knew how the most critical equipments in photolithography area breaths in and out. That attrition impacted the plant operation which made the upper management even more fierceful. All of the mid- management is in survival mode to not to get in trouble with upper leadership and they don’t have any bravery to back up their direct reports. People are expected to work long hours. If they don’t, it impacts their performance review.