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      Applied Materials

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      Applied Materials reviews

      3.9

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,585 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      85% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

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      Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,585 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
      4.0
      Sep 7, 2025

      Low-Profile Company In Crucial Industry

      Process engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Career advancement opportunity as it is not difficult to move around the company to experience different roles -Very technology driven, for many technologies Applied is the top player in the competition so there is a lot of great opportunities to learn -Many brilliant people work here so you can grow and learn from others

      Cons

      -Depending on which business unit you are in, (if good business, then the role becomes demanding, if bad business, then there are greater chances of reorg and less job stability), you could end up having no time for personal life, but this is great for workaholics who focus on career development -The poor work-life balance is more tailored to the nature of process engineer roles, where tool availability is unpredictable and you need to be more flexible to get things done.

      4.0
      Jul 23, 2025

      Large global company with many orgs and micro politics

      Product line manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. One of if the largest employer in Silicon Valley. 2. Great healthcare and childcare benefits. 3. Very large company with many orgs and many teams. You have opportunities to transfer internally to another org if you don't like the teams and politics in your current org. 4. If you are a new college graduate, there are many opportunities to join and the senior people tend to be helpful to those who are new and young in their careers. 5. Many people spend their entire careers here. Lots of employees with 20 and 30+ years at the company.

      Cons

      1. Some roles are very specific to the company, in terms of title and job duties, and may be difficult to transfer to other companies in the future. 2. Like many large companies, there are politics and favoritism. And all orgs will have some bad managers and leadership. But the company is so big, that one persons experience in one team can be completely different from another persons experience in another team. 4. The bad teams will have noticeable turnover, avoid them. 3. Many roles demand high working hours with management pushing escalations and urgent tasks, comparable to other top tech companies. However, the salaries here are much less than them.

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