Think beyond Micron: Just ok is not ok - Anonymous employee Micron Technology Employee Review

1.0
13 June 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots to learn (you can keep learning new things as long as your here) , great hardworking co-workers and VERY rarely you may be lucky enough to have a great manager who encourages flex hours and has your back / protects you from senior management.

Cons

You cannot survive in a company which rates you against your co-workers and supports a forced bell curve distribution(rank and yank system). It causes unnecessary tension between teams, lack of cooperation and people are always fighting for attention. Due to the complexity of semiconductor industry, fresh grads take atleast a year to figure out the workings of the job and they are rated poorly just when they are have started to grow into their roles. This is illogical and unnecessary, new hires are forced to leave. People play favorites all the time and everything the management decides including ratings is too much of a blackbox. Everyone works too much and too long,there is no work life balance, everyone is always on-call. Not much potential for growth. THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE OF LAYOFFS. They also implemented a Mandatory time off policy for 2 quarters so far (6 days per quarter). This causes international employees to unnecessarily use hard earned time off which they are trying to save for a visit back home. This policy is very harsh and rigid. If you want to treat employees badly, why pretend you care at all?

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5.0
1 June 2026
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Pros

Great team, good people. Challenging work and scope but ability to take things on and make an impact. High growth potential.

Cons

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4.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

Decent pay, great stock grants and stock purchase plan. You can be at the forefront of memory technology driving today's AI megaboom, and benefit from the high demand (i.e. soaring stock price).

Cons

Little sense of community, lifeless office environment, dead-eyed and overworked employees. "Flexible work arrangements" in name only, as recent policy changes have significantly reduced effectiveness especially if you have a long commute or family life. Too much emphasis on unimportant buzz such as embracing diversity and inclusion is just annoying, but par for the course in today's big tech industry.

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