How easy/difficult is it for a next level career jump in Micron? what are the factors determining it?

I joined Micron in 2018 as a college recruiter in Japan, and when I learned about the opening for the APAC talent branding program manager I applied for it, and had some interviews with the person who is now my supervisor, and team mates. I was treated as any other external applicant, fairly and equally.

Micron pursue a culture of strong performance, so what really counts in career advancement is your performance. Just feel free to demonstrate you as a strong performer

In Micron we have continuous communication with our supervisors about performance and other work related topic. Even though I've been working in Japan only for 1 year and few month, I can have open conversations with my supervisor about my interests and how I would like to advance my career.

There are several factors involved in determining next level career jump. Some of the absolute aspects can be evaluating experience gained in the present role, ability to perform while meeting the overall requirements of department etc. There are several relative factors as well such as how peers are performing at the same level and how many people can be promoted in a particular financial year. Apart from regular promotion cycle, there is always an option to apply in job openings within Micron if you plan to try something else.

Besides from all the facts that makes pursuing a long-term career easier in Micron, there also is fact that makes this hard, and this would be the relatively higher requirements of talents' qualifications compared with many of our competitors in the market, and after the team member join in, its also important for the one to keep up the effort and being dedicate to one's own job, meanwhile making improvements so that when internal opportunities come, the one could seize it. We encourage for internal transfer, but that doesn't mean that the internal transfer would be just a order from some leader, the team member who applied for this would go through rounds of interviews and competition with both internal and external candidates.

The career path would be different in various teams or functions. But generally, in Micron, we have yearly performance evaluation and everyone has chance to discuss his/her own personal and career goals during the review session. It's a fair process and you get opportunities to explore new scopes.

Echo on Lorena’s response, Micron also encourage team member to initiate Career Development with supervisors, we encourage team member to discuss with leaders about short-term (1-3 year) and long-term (3-5) year goal, diagnose your strength and skills needed for those goals. During the regular 1 on 1 check ins, you can discuss with leaders about the status and support needed for those goals. That’s the way we enable team member to empower your careers. You own your career, but we offer any support in the way around.

I got several opportunities from different roles during pass 6y and learned the things from different views. The only thing I had to focus is how fast I can learn and where is the boundary I setup. Then, there is fully process from supervisor and team who can help you on the career, such like skill training and leadership coaching.