Worked there for 12 years - Final Test Technician Lam Research Employee Review

3.0
17 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Used to be lots of opportunities and avenues for growth around 2012 to 2020. It's a California owned company now, if you like California style policies, you may like it there, They do try to train people to get along with each other, they over do it in my opinion.

Cons

Started going downhill even before covid hit and all the DEI stuff made it worse. Has gone downhill heavily since 2023. Lots of people that I worked with were laid off in 2023, many more have left due to working conditions / toxic co-workers. There are (were) a lot of great people working there, but there are (were) a lot of toxic people working there as well, made for a bumpy work experience. Toxic people do get fired eventually, but it took way longer than I felt it should have. Company moved a fair amount of manufacturing to Malaysia around 2022. I don't know, I hope things turn around for the company, America needs jobs!! I'm giving this place 5 stars for diversity and inclusion, but this is not a positive rating, it's simply a recognition that they push it down everyone's throat.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good co workers and people to work with

Cons

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2.0
30 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay with decent benefits.

Cons

Highly toxic in certain (not all) business units. Directors and above held to far lower standards than employees. I received a lot of abuse from my manager and when I reacted, she used it against me over the course of five years, resulting in my launching an ER investigation upon which resulted in my termination. (They weren't even adult enough to tell me I was being fired; I found out by accident when I received a termination paycheck). Would love to recommend, but would never recommend Lam based on the treatment I got from my entire leadership chain over a five year period. PS, pretty sure retaliation of this nature is against the law; looking into it.

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