Applied Materials reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,579 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 4,579 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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2.0
Jul 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits. If you are looking for a job where you can just maintain the status quo. Some great people to work with in some areas.

Cons

Difficult work environment. Provincialism and clickiness in certain groups takes away from the ability to make progress for the company. Nasty passive aggressive middle and senior management in many areas. Mid-sized company with limited alternatives for career growth and areas of interest. Over the years, subject to cyclical business with layoffs to be expected every 3-4 years.

3.0
Jun 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Industry leader; large organization that masks a lot of incompetence. There are good growth opportunities in the market place. Some of the engineers and general employees are really bright and do a fantastic job.

Cons

Bureaucracy, senior level incompetence, not nimble at all. In general decision making capabilities are limited. No discipline in many areas.

2.0
Apr 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary, I was compensated very well, the I hated working there so much that I resigned without anything even lined up. It was a good move for my mental health.

Cons

The leadership in general are not very intelligent, disorganized, and uncommunicative. They were decades behind in certain areas that lead to massive inefficiencies and overwork. (Out of respect I will not be specific). I suggested an improvement that would have taken task time down from 8 hours to virtually real time, but the executive Team, in their arrogance, did not allow me to implement the system. Sometime later, the cumbersome, unreliable system was not working and a deadline approaching. I worked 20 hours per day for 7 days and built an entire real time reporting system - then resigned. No one at AMAT was ever helpful. It always seemed an inconvenience to give a colleague outside ones group the time of day. I gained absolutely ZERO new skills or professional development at AMAT all my time there. Many of the employees at the time, including senior management, felt free to publicly express invectives against the current POTUS in their suffering TDS. Another reason I could not work in the environment. Rules for thee and not for me.

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