Applied Materials reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,567 total reviews)
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Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,567 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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3.0
Jan 1, 2009
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Pros

Having access to the technology at amat is a wonderful thing.

Cons

amat continues to take away things like the car allowance, and overtime for anything over 8 hours a day. This would have been fine, except these were some of the things promised when I took the job years ago.

3.0
Dec 31, 2008
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Pros

Applied has a strong telecommuting culture. While this can allow for greater schedule flexibility, they tend to expect more work from you (e.g. 60 hrs+ a week).

Cons

The management is reactionary. The direction constantly changes. While the senior leadership lays out some good ideas for the future, there is a "don't rock the boat" culture which makes it difficult to work in an evolutionary fashion. It is not uncommon to work nights and weekends to accommodate last minute changes. Some efforts are undertaken strictly for how they "look" to senior management (knowing full well that the activity won't materially help our customers/company).

5.0
Dec 16, 2008
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Pros

Training. No employer has allowed me personal growth the way AMAT has. From the day I was hired I was asked if I was interested in going back to school to earn my 4-yr degree. Without hesitation, I said yes and with a generous tuition reimbursement plan, there was little to no cost for me.

Cons

Downsizing. Turbulent in uncertain economic times. Any sort of manufacturers that deals with this industry (semi), must certainly experience the same thing. They do their best and buffer headcount with temporary workers..(by the way, some are great, and some, well....not so much).

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