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      Applied Materials

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      Applied Materials reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (4,567 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      86% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,567 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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      5K reviews
      2.0
      Feb 1, 2012

      Depends Your Immediate Manager

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      Pros

      You could achieve work life balance if your immediate manager would allow it. Could pay well if your manager fights for you.

      Cons

      Senior management really wants to save their own job. Wasted millions of $ by switching CAD SW and ERP systems.

      3.0
      Jan 25, 2012

      Oustanding opportunity to work with very smart technology people on interesting and challenging projects.

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      Pros

      Technology focused company staffed by highly competent, creative and competitive engineers. Heavy R&D investments enable pursuit of capital intensive innovations.

      Cons

      Organizational and people management is a pervasive weakness due to promotion of technologyists into senior management roles without sufficient education and training in the principles of management.

      2.0
      Dec 19, 2011

      A good place for new graduates to gain experience... but don't stay too long

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      Pros

      Applied is best suited for new graduates with little experience. You'll get: - Opportunity to work with high-end technology - Opportunity to travel at someone else's expense - Opportunity to convert your H1B into a green card (but you won't be happy staying there that long...) - Solid compensation at start and in good years

      Cons

      Applied Materials is not a place for technologists to build a long-term career. - Long hours and generally uncaring management means that you will likely be a pissed-off engineer working in a building full of pissed-off engineers - High turnover means a lot of time spent on re-work - Poor raises and rates of promotion even with high ("HS/TC") performance ratings - Advancement dependent on personal connections rather than performance. In one department in SSG, rankings and promotions were handed down before performance reviews were completed. - In good years, compensation is a 6 on a scale of 1-10. In bad years, its a 2. Average: 4 on a scale of 1-10.

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