Pros
I hardly have any pros to working at AMAT. All the good executives left to better positions. AMAT is only run by politics. People climb up the corporate ladder only if they are on the right side of their bosses.
Cons
- Employee morale is very low here. - There is constant downsizing and moving jobs to China and Singapore. (Search AMAT jobs and most jobs are in China, Taiwan and Singapore) - Downsizing and shutdowns started in 2007 even before a hint of recession and it is still continuing for the next 18 months or so until end of 2010. - Employees end up taking unpaid shutdowns and at the end of year, they are laid off, so the company doesn't have to pay for accrued vacation. - Solar technology in terms of cost per watt lags way behind other leaders in the industry - Politics, Politics and Politics. Like one of the reviewers said, some people end up putting a lot of hours and some people almost absolutely none. You can only climb up the corporate ladder only if you have a godfather. - I have known several highly respected technical directors leave AMAT due to internal politics. - Managers have no idea what their employees are up to and what their goals and ambitions are. Managers have a tunnel vision to satisfy their immediate bosses without any clear focus on what they expect out of their employees.