Micron Technology reviews

Work is slow and tedious

Hardscrabble Idaho culture, basically a very conservative outlook with a strong aversion to risk and a fanatical dedication to cost cutting makes this a very hard place to innovate or even to feel that innovative or entrepreneurial ideas are welcome. Micron, as an extraordinary survivor in a tough business feels it has the formula for success down and has as much resistance to change built into every facet of its operation as any company I've ever seen. Actually, you feel here that you've entered a time warp, everything is early 80s from the sea of grey cubicles, to the management practices, to the strict 8-5 "shift" working hours, and even the smoking break rooms. There is some effort to "pay for performance" but the potential rewards are modest and, in any case, stingily doled out. If you have worked in technology other than at Micron and Idaho is not your dream destination you are going to be deeply shocked by the culture here. Still, tech culture is not all rosy and the tradeoffs at Micron are not all bad. The question, though, is what will happen to arthritic Micron if - when - they are faced with the next disruptive wave in their corner of the technology world.