Toxic work environment - Process Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
Nov 11, 2020
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Pros

Rewarding work environment with great products and technologies to work with

Cons

Toxic work environment - lot of backstabbing and lack of support from management. The culture is not the same as it was 10 years ago, there is a significant shift with leadership changes and re-orgs. Very high pressure job - management expects a lot from employees with limited resources. Pay isn't great compared to other companies within the industry.

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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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