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      Applied Materials

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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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      5K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 2, 2015

      Decent place to work but only those on the in with management will succees and last.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Global travel opportunities. Good bonus/stock option program for upper level pay grades in engineering and management. Decent amount of vacation time.

      Cons

      Four to five weeks of shutdown every year. Multiple layoffs every couple of years. Only 8 paid holidays a year, embarrassing small amount for a company the size of Applied Materials. Stingy raises.

      3.0
      Sep 6, 2015

      Trim the fat

      Mechanical engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Opportunity to travel. Fast pace, almost too fast. Opportunity to work on next generation wafer fab equipment. Exposure to mechanisms, vacuum systems, and material science.

      Cons

      Management structure is top heavy. Management's idea of adding resources to a project is to have more managers ask when the project is finished. Engineering is expendable.

      3.0
      Oct 10, 2014

      Succeeds in leveraging its scale but lacks agility

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellence in technology and ability to push the envelope in its key, moneymaking markets. If you work in the semiconductor or display areas, in certain product groups, life is relatively easy and you are personally rewarded for the group's success. Some people reading this may ask: easy? Yes, if you have worked in both sides of that coin, you would know what I'm talking about. Is a high technology engineering job that rewards in ways few engineering jobs can.

      Cons

      Conversely if you are in semi or display in an area that the company is struggling in, life is hell. You might do a spectacular job, and never be recognized for it. This is why people flow out of areas like etch or wet chemical products and try to get into the moneymaker groups. Your management or your group will be blamed for failures that could be cycle-related or due to the customer's desire to play AMAT against another supplier. You want the reverse to happen - you WANT the great star performers to take up the challenge of the struggling businesses. But after a short time at this company, it will be visibly and abundantly clear why people do not do this. Company is so dominant that oftentimes, your main competition/nemesis in the marketplace is another group in AMAT.

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