Great Company - Needs to Rediscover It's Internal Pride & Excitement - Senior Manager Applied Materials Employee Review

5.0
Dec 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Very smart people working on great technology. Undergoing major transformation to become a better company. The work is very challenging. Has the ability to move fast when it wants to. Pay & benefits are pretty good....better than many appreciate.

Cons

The work environment is drab and uninspiring. Transformation is creating instability & uncertainty in the workforce. Too many highly paid senior managers not prepared to embrace the new direction and more forward. They keep looking upwards for more details. Too many people complaining about how bad the company has become. I have worked for several high-tech companies and Applied Materials is one the better ones. The negativity weighs heavily on everybody and creates a sour atmosphere.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

This is a company with a great future and overall many smart and talented work colleagues.

Cons

There are pockets of poorly managed teams and the Global Sourcing and Procurement Team is one of them. Working for GSP was a soul crushing experience. On a regular basis, I witnessed and experienced mobbing, gaslighting, bullying, senior leaders retaliating and weaponizing the 360 feedback program for their own personal gain, senior leaders taking credit for other peoples work, long tenured leaders abusing their relationships within HR, regular staff crying and people admitting to seeking professional help due to the toxic work environment…ptsd in GSP is real. And to top it off, Applied’s most senior leadership have known of these issues for years.

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