Does Advantest pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Advantest employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Advantest. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Advantest?

75% of Advantest employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Advantest 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Advantest?

Applications Engineer (15) , Software Engineer (14) , Engineer (8) , Application Engineer (6) , Field Service Engineer (FSE) (5) , Senior Software Engineer (5) , Software Developer (5) , Mechanical Engineer (4) , Senior Engineer (4) , Application-Engineer (3) , Customer Service Representative (3) , Field Service Engineer (3) , Manager (3) , Customer Engineer (2) , Director (2)

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

"The company has good benefit" ((in 17 reviews)); "People are nice." ((in 16 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues" ((in 9 reviews)); "The bonuses are great." ((in 8 reviews)); "Good pay, lots of autonomy." ((in 7 reviews))

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

"Bad management" ((in 10 reviews)); "Salaries: You will definitely get paid less than the market average!" ((in 9 reviews)); "Absent leadership" ((in 5 reviews)); "difficult to get promotions, chaotic environment, upper management needs some restructuring to be more functional." ((in 3 reviews)); "Extremely long hours, your product line can be canceled and entire department can be laid off despite profitability thanks to N.A. President's transition to CEO" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Advantest layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Advantest locations?

San Jose , Lake Forest , Austin , Phoenix , Irvine , Chandler , Somerset , Cordova , Baldwin Park , San Diego , Fremont , San Francisco , Cupertino , Milpitas , Santa Clara , Fort Collins , Allentown , Worcester , Astin

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Advantest

Advantest reviews

3.6

75% would recommend to a friend

(225 total reviews)

Doug Lefever

84% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

Advantest has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 225 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Advantest employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

225 reviews

4.0

May 10, 2015

Working for a real good quality Japanese company

Senior r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Talented, helpful, really friendly people - Good benefits, sound company ownership - Stability of work, planning, and workload - Culture, professional environment, extremely fair treatment as individuals - Strong product solutions and interesting new projects - Refreshing in today's typically 1-2 quarter visioned companies to see this one with a truly long-term thinking

Cons

- Slow in critical decision making, lack of entrepreneurial thinking - Many times communication is on a "need to know" basis - Weak knowledge of English in significant Japanese base

5.0

Apr 22, 2015

Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Working Environment Good Company

Cons

I did not find any cons as I really liked working here

3.0

Feb 24, 2015

Pretty good company to work for.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Culture of innovation.

Cons

Sometimes management can be rigid in its thinking.

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