You Aren't Fooling The Employees - Contractor Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to work with industry-leading products, casual workplace dress, easy in-out of complex, limited telecommuting possibilities, full-time employees treat contractors with respect.

Cons

Offshoring, offshoring, offshoring, lots of layoffs in US over past 5 years, outdated enterprise resource management systems, product group in-fighting, technicians and below hired/let go at the bat of an eye.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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