Not recommended to join IT or software department - Software Engineer Micron Technology Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- OT pay provided, market rate salary - decent good benefits for MNC

Cons

- high workload, forced to OT few days every week, also a norm for people to OT everyday to claim as much as they can while they work in Micron. - there is an atmosphere of dullness , negative-ness and fear. Across departments and among departments shouting happen occasionally. - older employees and managers who survive are usually more cunning and keep those documents to themselves to gain control. New employees have no choice but to obey them and they are given little piece of needed parts for certain tasks instead of the detailed overall design for better understanding. - management introduced rating system for improvement whereby you can rate and comment for every aspect of work including managers, peers, work life balance, learning prospect etc. However, when give neutral rating only , managers come to you and request to change to higher rating. Seems like the system serves no purpose and just a show for management.

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5.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and solid pay

Cons

12 hour shifts for role

3.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The hours are excellent, as there are few other jobs that offer 3 on/4 off, 4 on/3 off where I can have such an excellent work/life balance. Almost everyone I have encountered has been very easy to learn from and work with. Micron offers many benefits that support having a family, including direct financial, TOP, insurance, and savings benefits. Get to work with humanity's most cutting-edge technology providing one of the most important products in human history. Fulfilling work.

Cons

The pay is acceptable, but you will be seriously pressed to find a place to live near the main site in Boise. Housing availability for families is severely limited while apartments, while more numerous, have become significantly more expensive to rent. Between that and the rise of the cost of living in the area, the base pay here is difficult to cover everything if you didn't show up with some monetary reserves. People are trying their best, but training very much needs attention getting better organized and structured. Especially working in an R&D environment with so many different dangerous materials and equipment. Even more seriously, there is some doubt that you can get proper support if you are actually injured in this environment. You may find yourself getting told whatever injury you suffered at work is a "pre-existing condition". This is not a hypothetical.

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