Not as good as it was - Member Of Technical Staff Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
Dec 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good place for NCG: Multi-disciplanry company - lots to learn. Good compensation. The professional level is not bad. Reasonable working relationship

Cons

Signifcant lost of talent during last 2 years. Avarage professional level is reasonable, but not excelent. Overall looks like the company is in decline - long term career does not look promising

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Cons

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4.0
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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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