Uncomfortable Workplace - Manufacturing Technician Lam Research Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice schedule, good area, and everything mentioned below aside, the job itself can be really fun. At least the assembly portion, test is pretty standard.

Cons

In a building where all techs do the same work (unless you're a temp and cannot legally do test) there is still a pretty big pay discrepancy. Supervisors are lazy and all they do is walk around, go smoke outside, make themselves look busy, but are very hard to get ahold of. They play favorites and ignore your contributions (not only will they be ignored, but forgot getting credit for anything because leads and contractors will pass off your ideas as their own) if you do not meet that "bro" criteria. They also make it very easy for serial harassers to feel safe at work. No one deserves to feel preyed upon in their place of employment, but if you're after that then this is the place for you. Face to face passdowns definitely need a lot of work.

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Cons

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Pros

Opportunities to support global activities

Cons

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