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?

"People are nice." ((in 16 reviews)); "The company has good benefit" ((in 16 reviews)); "annual bonus, some room for growth" ((in 9 reviews)); "Good pay, lots of autonomy." ((in 9 reviews)); "Great Culture" ((in 8 reviews))

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

"The salary is low compare to design house" ((in 9 reviews)); "Bad management" ((in 9 reviews)); "Absent leadership" ((in 6 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 18, 2023

Company with pretty good staff welfare

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company will arrange for quarterly tea Time sessions Has vending machines/smart fridges with monthly credits

Cons

May be abit stressful at times

4.0

Mar 26, 2023

Good Benefits

Executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall benefits are very good

Cons

Some of them can be micro manager

3.0

Feb 26, 2023

Comfortable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility and majority of the dept have good transition plans

Cons

some managers are bias and creating a toxic environment among team members

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