Time for a change at Applied... 4 years of Splinter has produced zero in real returns to shareholders - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
Jan 27, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good benefits and overall compensation...

Cons

Senior management treats people as dispensable... in the current down turn, managment has chosen to keep it's luxury box at the HP Pavillion, it's Net Jets contract, and too continue to pay itself very generously. CEO - $9M, CFO $6M Also agree with other comments on organization structure and leadership... or really the lack of leadership. The CEO avoids all hard decisions and the CFO is a meglomaniac

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