Does Applied Materials pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Applied Materials employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Applied Materials. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Applied Materials?

77% of Applied Materials employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Applied Materials 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Applied Materials?

Process Engineer (199) , Customer Engineer (168) , Software Engineer (162) , Engineering Technician (103) , Engineer (95) , Mechanical Engineer (90) , Manufacturing Technician (80) , Customer Engineer II (79) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , Project Manager (68) , Applications Engineer (64) , Manufacturing Engineer (64) , Process Support Engineer (57) , Intern (47) , Technician (47)

What are the pros of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Worked in one of the most advanced companies in the Austin Texas area Well paid doesn't require high education great people to work with" ((in 318 reviews)); "Benefits are good and Korea internal co workers are good" ((in 308 reviews)); "Good work life balance and able to work remotely" ((in 278 reviews)); "Good pay and industry leader" ((in 204 reviews)); "only salary is good mangament is worrest" ((in 162 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and getting longer as more people are laid off to get Executive management their bonuses." ((in 79 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs hurt morale." ((in 75 reviews)); "No training at all throw you in learn as you go" ((in 33 reviews)); "Everyone is afraid of senior management." ((in 25 reviews)); "Based on favoritism" ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Applied Materials layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Applied Materials layoffs and their outlook for job security at Applied Materials in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Applied Materials locations?

München , Alzenau , Frankfurt am Main , Erlangen , Köln , Ronneburg

Applied Materials reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,579 total reviews)

Gary Dickerson

86% 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 4,579 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).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

1.0

Jul 28, 2023

You'll learn your role well but management is what will keep you from staying there longer.

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are generally friendly and dont mind to help you out when needed. Career growth and learning is available especially for those who genuinely want to make a difference.

Cons

Heavy micromanaging during meetings which are hardly productive. Open communication to discuss improvements are dismissed. Management cannot get out of its own ways, refuses to see the root cause of self inflicted bottlenecks and will go after people just to cover up for their own willful ignorance.

1.0

Jul 19, 2023

Not for software.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Do not join if looking for a career in software. Ok to join if looking for career in process engineering, fabrication equipment customer support, Software unit is biased, no opportunity for growth. Left over projects from US. Managers are nothing more than admins and have nothing left left apart from micro managing and backstabbing. Good for 1 or 2 years but do not stay for longer period as favoritism kicks in when one starts expecting growth and better opportunity rewards. I'm this Era of hyper competitiveness and innovation , do not join this company for software. This is utter waste of important phase of career.

Cons

Do not tend to identify talent. Just stick to couple of favorites. Software org has becomes a family business. Does appear like a software company.

1.0

Nov 21, 2022

Terrible

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment, I don’t know

Cons

Terrible pay, do not listen

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