Micron Semiconductors
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    Work/Life balance
    3.1(50 ratings)
    Career development
    3.8(50 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.8(50 ratings)
    Management
    3.3(50 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.5(50 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.4(9 ratings)
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    2.0
    Process Engineer
    Apr 2025
    Batu Kawan Penang3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    MNC benefits with local SME culture.
    The good thingsThis company have meal subsidy, ample parking, great benefits, childcare option, and a two-month annual bonus. Working hours are from 8 AM to 5:30 PM.
    The challengesMeeting-heavy culture, poor work-life balance, leaders deflecting criticism about this issue. The 2-month bonus is actually a 13th-month salary, plus 30 extra minutes of daily work. Manpower shortage from 2023 layoffs, “I will just hire new grads if you leave” attitude.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Information Technology Engineer
    Nov 2024
    Batu Kawan PenangLess than 1 year in the role, current employee
    My experience at the company has been both rewarding and growth-oriented, with a supportive, flexible work environment that fosters continuous learning and teamwork, despite occasional challenges in managing a fast-paced workload.
    The good thingsAt my current company, I truly appreciate the flexible hours, which allow me to balance work with personal life more easily. The work environment is positive and collaborative, fostering a sense of camaraderie among colleagues who are not only friendly but also always willing to support each other. Additionally, the company offers excellent learning opportunities, encouraging professional development through training, workshops, and access to resources that help me grow in my role. It's a place that values both well-being and continuous learning, making it a great fit for personal and career growth.
    The challengesOne of the challenges at my current company is managing the fast-paced workload, which can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially during peak periods. While the flexibility in hours helps, balancing multiple high-priority tasks can still be difficult. Additionally, as the company grows, there are occasional communication gaps between teams, which can lead to delays or misunderstandings. Despite these challenges, there’s a strong emphasis on finding solutions collaboratively, and with the supportive team environment, we’re always able to navigate through them effectively.
    1.0
    Senior Engineer
    Oct 2024
    Batu Kawan Penang3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    A dreadful and nightmare experience in my 3rd semiconductor company
    The good thingsGood benefit and packages Excellent facilities
    The challengesToo many meeting and zero work life balance Unreasonable expectation and deadlines Working environment like subcon company
    5 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Warehouse Administrator
    Oct 2024
    Perai PenangLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    9 months that ruin my career path.
    The good thingsThere's nothing to be good.
    The challengesNo work life balance. Expected to work 24/7 even on Sat & Sun. Every quarter always been hectic and chaos. "Urgent" word has been normalized in this company and most of Managers and Superiors micro-manage the staff. Conclusion is this place is not a healthy workplace.
    3 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Quality Engineer
    Sep 2024
    Batu Kawan Penang1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Working at MICRON was an overwhelmingly stressful experience due to excessive workload, unrealistic deadlines, and lack of support, which led to burnout and severely impacted my work-life balance.
    The good thingsone of the most stressful experiences of my career. The constant pressure to meet unrealistic deadlines, combined with a lack of resources and support, created a highly stressful and overwhelming environment.
    The challengesThe workload was excessive, with long hours becoming the norm, often without proper recognition or compensation. The fast-paced demands led to burnout, and the expectation to handle multiple projects simultaneously with minimal guidance took a toll on both my mental and physical well-being. This environment, while teaching me to be resilient, was ultimately unsustainable and negatively impacted my work-life balance.
    8 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Testing Engineer
    Sep 2024
    Batu Kawan Penang3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Gain new experience from startup until achieve the goals for all new type of products.
    The good things- Primarily responsible for equipment transfer, install, setup, buyoff and release to support manufacturing start up. - Able to train, motivate and supervise a team of technicians to achieve quality, productivity and minimize equipment/tooling downtime. - Define develop and maintain equipment capabilities and constrains. - Plan, manage and work on the maintenance of equipment/tooling, setting up machine and trouble shooting. - Maintaining a matrix on equipment capabilities and constrains. - Ensure expectations on production yield, quality, tester utilization and cost reduction are met consistently. - Work closely with manufacturing staff and leading a team or shift technicians to realise output and quality goals. - Implement Preventive/Predictive Maintenance program.
    The challenges- Define and sustain spare inventory system for key equipment. - Monitor equipment performance key indicators and responsible to meet expectation. - Monitors and controls tools by assigned tools details and establishes Equipment Tracking (ET) software. - Drive improvements, initiate problem solving and develop creative engineering solutions to achieve low cost, better quality, improved capabilities and higher efficiency.
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Engineer
    Mar 2024
    Batu Kawan Penang1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Great benefits but lower basic salary. Great place for retirement.
    The good thingsCompany provide good benefits such as transportation and toll allowance. Currently they provide better package for dental benefits as well. The company will also provide stock but require to stay in the company for few years only able to claim it.
    The challengesCompany don't allow remote work even though the job can be done without exist in the company office. Don't expect good salary increment because management won't care about you at all. Basic salary is low compared to other MNC as well.
    3.0
    Site Operation team
    Sep 2023
    Batu Kawan Penang3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great benefit and remuneration package with a challenging working environment
    The good thingsExcellent employee benefit and very competitive salary package. Site milestone celebration in house and outdoor is fun.
    The challengesJob priority and focus changes at super speed frequently and too many meeting hindering actual job to be done within normal working hours. Work expectation is to complete more task with less people after layoff was done in Feb 2023 which demoralized the whole team. No clear plan for workforce retention even question asked in townhall.
    3 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Officer
    Jul 2023
    Batu Kawan PenangLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    No working life balance
    The good thingsSometime our work team member will help us.
    The challengesComplicate systems and not user friendly, No work life balance and no proper arrangements
    5 people found this helpful
    1.0
    manager
    Mar 2023
    Batu Kawan Penang1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Micro manage and stressful environment
    The good thingsgood compensation, high pay
    The challengesSubcon environment, micro manage and some mgmt not showing respect to people because they don't trust people.
    10 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Human Resource
    Dec 2022
    Batu Kawan Penang1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Good Company To Work for those who have Degree and above for those who below that average only
    The good thingsgood environment to work around
    The challengessome people there haha very very good if u understand me
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Admin
    Jan 2021
    Perai Penang1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Learn new project tasks
    The good thingsKnowledgeable and capable
    The challengesLearn new project tasks
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