Work Hard, Earn Well - Anonymous employee Lam Research Employee Review

4.0
20 Apr 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent CEO/leadership and benefits through this disruptive year; well placed product; quietly professional teams

Cons

Work/life balance, while encouraged, can be a struggle sometimes; pockets of "it's who you know, not how you do"/team dependent; still struggling to give more than lip service to CSR initiatives.

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Cons

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Pros

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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