Micron Technology Workforce Development Engineer reviews

-Two of the five Micron Values are People and Tenacity, and the executives like to brag about how the company lives up to both. Yet after two years of record profits and one just year of market downturn, they started laying people off. They say they understand the cyclical nature of the semiconductor market, and claim that they have cash saved, yet they can't hold onto their workforce through a downturn? My team (onboarding) went from being the most critical one in my department to being gutted by layoffs. SO shortsighted. -The company's mission statement is "delivering technology that is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all," and its executives love to brag about the beneficial uses of Micron's memory and storage products. Yet when asked about the company's ethical position on the evil uses of those products -- particularly general artificial intelligence and mass surveillance -- the execs had no answers whatsoever. So they really don't have an ethical position on the devices they put into the world. -Endless layers of middle management make it impossible to reason with decision-makers over policy and very slow to get anything done. -Outdated philosophies about working onsite. My department went fully remote from 2020-21, and most of us were happier; but as soon as COVID restrictions eased, we were sent back onsite. They made some half-hearted attempts at a hybrid schedule, but ultimately couldn't let go of the "put your butt in your cubicle" ideology. -Significant, unacknowledged caste system. I started as a contractor, and though I was told that I was just as important as Micron Team Members, I was not allowed to access the onsite gym or buy a discounted lunch like they were. Later, when my team was sent back onsite after working from home through COVID, I discovered that there are dozens of Micron workers that have permanent home offices. But when I asked for the same arrangement, I was told that I didn't have "a rare and special skill set" like those people. So I wasn't valuable enough to deserve a home office. Finally, when I was abruptly laid off with much of my team, I was given no explanation of the reason... apparently I was not worthy of one.

If there's one call out is on the Performance Appraisal process. I know that there's still a forced ranking concept . The bosses need to be transparent more on how you are ranked in your performance. Good if you have a supervisor who cares for you but bad if you don't have one.