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      Applied Materials

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      Applied Materials reviews

      3.9

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,578 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,578 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
      1.0
      Jul 7, 2014

      Etch Division lack of equality and cronyism

      Mechanical engineer iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

      2.0
      Jan 3, 2014

      Unsatisfied

      Process engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      R&D work, good benefits. There is a very good potential if the management you are working with is good and focused.

      Cons

      Too many managers and directors. Your contribution is not appreciated as it gets lost because of too many managers involved in a project. Managers are worried about themselves and no efforts to train and develop the new talents. If you are in a particular division, you get a chance to work with others but there is no new learning involved.

      2.0
      May 1, 2013

      Initially very promising, but disappointed in some time

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Estimates are respected. Good work life balance (at least as of 2010 it existed) * Work From Home facility and flexible working hours * Opportunities to interact with colleagues/customers from multiple geographical locations

      Cons

      * Frankly not a company for Software Engineers. Software divisions are very neglected in the company. From pay, bonuses to team outings, Software Engineers (and also Software Engineering managers) are treated like 2nd grade citizens. * Very poor growth: One level-up costs you many years. Change only in designation, literally no change in role. Applied Materials recruited high-calibre people (people from premier instituties like IIT, BITS, NITs etc) during 2005, 2006 and 2007 for it's Automation Products division. In a matter for few years, all (I repeat, all) of them left the company for the same reason: lack of growth. * Poor pay compared to rest of the software industry. We were always told that "Applied Materials is a very good payer, we stand at 90% percentile..." - but unfortunately that statement was made based on comparison with just a few other companies that constitute only a very small fraction of already-small semi-conductor industry.

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