Poor work-life balance, but interesting technology to work on - Scientist Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
Aug 22, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401K) Opportunity to work on next generation semiconductor processing equipment Good technical colleagues

Cons

Poor training for job role Compensation a little below average Long hours depending on your manager Work pager/cell phone required Odd meeting times depending on customer location Poor direction from upper management

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Cons

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Pros

Strong place to start your career. If you do the Fusion Program you will learn a lot. Good training and benefits. Amazing Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Coworkers are smart and grounded people.

Cons

Stingy with salary, raises, and promotions. The engineer roles are broken up into Jr and Senior so the title progression goes Engineer I, I Sr, II, II Sr, etc which slows career progression and pay. Only the CA office gets extra pay due to the expense of living there, even if the MA office is expensive.

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