It Used to be Great - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0
Apr 22, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will work with some of the brightest people in the world. It has a true global culture Great place to get your foot in the door

Cons

No career advancement-If you want to be promoted leave the company Strong belief in upper management to give jobs to their buddies from the last company they came form Growing division between those who are true Applied people and outside hire execs makes it difficult for senior management to understand the real issues Very Political Senior management has no vision

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