Applied Materials reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,580 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 4,580 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Apr 29, 2011

A political organization

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Salary, they pay ypu well benefits are also good

Cons

Very political organization, ones work output is not related to ones opportunities for promotion. Lots of back stabbing going on in this organization. While I cannot comment on the hardware part of the organization, working in the software group was hell on earth. No freedom to be creative, lots of rules and regulations. This is now reflected in the quality of their software products, the talented software engineers are leaving, and customers are unhappy.. While I mention that salary is a Pro for this organization, Applied have a nasty habit of mis-treating people and forcing them out of the organization rather than pay them redundancy... If you are a software engineer looking for a job, avoid this organization...

3.0
Apr 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers generally competent, motivated and supportive

Cons

Constant change, reorganization, changes in direction. Small-company "ownership for everything" mixed with big-company bureaucracy lack of alignment between "internal initiatives" and core business

4.0
Apr 21, 2011

Can't complain

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent technology, but offshoring lots of jobs.

Cons

Offshoring, little employee value except at very top.

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