Micron, not a great place to work. - Equipment Engineer Micron Technology Employee Review

1.0
May 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits seem competitive on the outside. (Further inspection is required to see through the façade.)

Cons

Decision making is made at a much to high level. Managers are not allowed to make decisions for their team and are handcuffed to corporate dictatorship. (Example - during Covid, certain roles were forced to be onsite even if their responsibilities have been demonstrated to have no impact due to working from home.) And MANY other examples. Software rollouts for Micron's operations are EXCESSIVELY buggy and do not work as intended. The running joke is that the end users are the beta testers. The legacy systems are deactivated and end users are forced to deal with the new non-operational software. Restrictions on the IT front are rampant. Many tracking policies are put in place and most permission policies are super intrusive and inhibitive. Many individuals have to spend more time covering their butts than doing their job. They spend more time asking permission to do things (and placing the blame if something goes wrong on others) than innovating and problem solving. This is how the management operates, if an individual makes a mistake, the management slams the door on their hands. This stifles innovation, and creates a workplace governed by fear.

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Micron Technology Response
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We appreciate your candid feedback. Innovation is one of our core values and supports our agile business model to ensure we can serve a changing industry today and in the future. We recognize that measured risk is necessary to achieve innovative solutions. Micron has a new flexible work program that is designed to improve flexibility while maximizing collaboration and connection. We are actively soliciting feedback from team members and will look to continue to refine the program over time.

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Cons

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Excellent benefits, including: full insurance, stock purchase plan at 15% discount, ample paid time off. Onsite family healthcare.

Cons

Poor base pay, especially relative to local CoL and equivalent positions overseas (Micron pays 2x base salary of equivalent role vs. Samsung/Hynix in Asia, but 0.5x in America). Dysfunctional workplace driven by internal politics rather than yield/engineering cycles. Technicians are effectively forbidden from promotion or salary increase. Layoffs are frequent and merciless.

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