Applied Materials reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,585 total reviews)
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Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,585 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).

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5K reviews
4.0
Jan 8, 2016

Process Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Travel opportunities, smart people, big company but CEO and VP are visible, makes great equipment

Cons

Older company, hierarchical, hard to move up, lots of overlap in different groups, long hours, very traditional work culture

3.0
Oct 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, hard-working, passionate co-workers. Dependable infrastructure (WiFi, conference call facilities, decent laptop hardware and IT support), mobile phone and plan included, Mature business systems, strong support groups (this is not a startup, they have systems in place). No. 1 in semiconductor equipment industry.

Cons

Layoffs, shutdowns are commonplace. Some inexplicable personnel decisions by management but that is typical in the Valley. Politics exist, like most places. Meager yearly raises. In 2013 re-formulated compensation to reward Directors & higher at the expense of lower grades. Mature & established industry so don't expect wealth-inducing company growth.

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