Unless you have an executive support.. don't work there. - Member Of Technical Staff Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0
Mar 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

If you work hard and have a savvy people skill, you can survive...

Cons

However if you want to have career advancement... it's all about who you know and if you are in the "in-circle". That applies from the each product group and all the way to the executive level.

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Pros

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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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