Does Applied Materials pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Applied Materials employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Applied Materials. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Applied Materials?

77% of Applied Materials employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Applied Materials 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Applied Materials?

Process Engineer (199) , Customer Engineer (168) , Software Engineer (162) , Engineering Technician (103) , Engineer (95) , Mechanical Engineer (90) , Manufacturing Technician (80) , Customer Engineer II (79) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , Project Manager (68) , Applications Engineer (64) , Manufacturing Engineer (64) , Process Support Engineer (57) , Intern (47) , Technician (47)

What are the pros of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and Korea internal co workers are good" ((in 313 reviews)); "Worked in one of the most advanced companies in the Austin Texas area Well paid doesn't require high education great people to work with" ((in 312 reviews)); "good pay and semi" ((in 216 reviews)); "great colleagues and work events" ((in 91 reviews)); "Good company and work culture" ((in 87 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and stinky co" ((in 195 reviews)); "Long hours and getting longer as more people are laid off to get Executive management their bonuses." ((in 77 reviews)); "Too many layoffs and treating people like a commodity." ((in 73 reviews)); "No training at all throw you in learn as you go" ((in 28 reviews)); "Everyone is afraid of senior management." ((in 26 reviews))

What are employees saying about Applied Materials layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Applied Materials layoffs and their outlook for job security at Applied Materials in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Applied Materials locations?

München , Alzenau , Frankfurt am Main , Erlangen , Köln , Ronneburg

Applied Materials reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,580 total reviews)

Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,580 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Materials employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Aug 26, 2025

Culture

Global product engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly easy going

Cons

No training system , no growing up opportunity

3.0

Aug 23, 2025

Great organization with biased onshore management

Trade specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Quality work Exposure Compensation Work flexibility

Cons

Job security & Senior management

1.0

Aug 23, 2025

PDC - Scam for software developers

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good in terms of salary - The only pro which can lure you to join, but that will haunt afterwards. Apart from PDC I think other BUs are good but that are not into software

Cons

Tech stack they are working on is on the verge of extinction. Domain knowledge you can acquire but managers will not give time to learn and micro manage. Requirements are totally on hit and trial basis and comes from the team sitting in Israel. If you are coming from a organisation which work on latest tech stack then it would be a nightmare to join here. Zero transparency, timings are flexible but 4 days work from office. I have seen managers here asking testers to learn Java if they want promotion. Manager will always be behind you for work completion but will never really join Team meetings. Worst kind of management I have seen and the culture of silent layoffs in the name of performance.

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Jobs at Applied Materials

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