Good money if you are best friends with an upper manager. - Customer Engineer II Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
May 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers were decent until all of the backstabbing came in when the layoffs started. Right after Splinter became CEO.

Cons

Management - poor leadership. Trust is something the employee is supposed to have for the manger - do not expect reciprocation. Morale of employees is nonexistent.

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Pros

Friendliness Stock Purchase Benefits Culture Development

Cons

Hours Schedule Flexibility Relocation Salary

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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