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      Applied Materials

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      Applied Materials reviews

      3.9

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,587 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      85% 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 4,587 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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      1.0
      Jul 7, 2014

      Etch Division lack of equality and cronyism

      Mechanical engineer iv
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      Pros

      My work was interesting and stimulating, but has become more of a drag lately.

      Cons

      This division has been taken over by staff from an infamous failed startup. Most of the original experienced AMAT engineers have left or have been squeezed out, and replaced their ex colleagues, in many cases with less experience, in higher positions, and very likely MUCH higher salaries. I've been a professional engineer for 30 years and with AMAT for over 15 years, earning several performance awards and always had great performance reviews and have heard that some of these new engineers, with much less experience, and hired at the same grade as me, are being paid up to 20% more than me. It's a toxic environment which is only going to get worse. Me, and many of my colleagues are preparing their exit strategies.

      4.0
      Jul 5, 2014

      Headed in the right direction

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The acquisition of Gary Dickerson came with the acquisition of Varian. Gary brings a very focused and pragmatic style to AMAT which is refreshing after years of Mike Splinter's ego centric and random leadership (we are in the solar business - oops no we're not; let's buy an e- beam company so we can throw money down a rat hole; lets hire this executive so we can fire them 2 years later when they threaten my position) . Look at the rise in stock price and Gary's leadership vs what the stock did during Splinter's Tenure Splinter Came in in 2003 with the Stock trading in the $14-range. On September 17, 2013 it closed at $15.04 Since Dickerson took over the stock has climbed to above $20. I believe some if that is due to the to the merger with TEL, which will give AMAT more power in the marketplace and a lot of it is due to the market's perception that Dickerson is a stronger leader than Splinter

      Cons

      Management tends to be 95% type A's who shoot first and ask questions later, so competition is fierce. THe organization into product business units means an unusual matrix type of organization that makes authority unclear and requires careful management of the politics. Disputes often have to be resolved by the president or CEO but not until after reputations are tarnished or ruined by complaining

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