Fascinating Technology - Anonymous employee Lam Research Employee Review

4.0
12 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The technology is fascinating. There is the opportunity to work with outstanding engineers in many different disciplines. The work environment is fast-paced, but not overly harsh. Lots of opportunities for career growth.

Cons

Engineering design activities are not always well planned or coordinated. Every engineer has multiple priorities, and most engineering projects only have 1 engineer per discipline. Faster progress could be made by loading multiple engineers on the same project until it is done, then moving to the next one.

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