KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,976 total reviews)
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Rick Wallace

91% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,976 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KLA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jul 25, 2015

Political and Favoritism

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great location, great people, clean work environment, liked my job duties

Cons

The whole company promotes based on politics. Promotion and recognition is not based on merit so don't waste your time working too hard or putting in overtime. I would not recommend this company for someone looking to stay long term. A few years is fine, but believe me, you will WANT to leave after you see how this company truly is. When you make a mistake, it turns into the "blame game." They will scold you and punish you for making little mistakes but when upper management does it, they think it's ok.

1.0
Jan 4, 2015
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Pros

Some of the people are not so bitter, but the vast majority are. Those who are not, are managers who cannot get a job elsewhere The IT managers seem to be able to survive with no great turnover. They kill what little enthusiasm is left. but you need to smile, keep up appearances and continue to go to the team lunches otherwise you may be accused of not being a team player. You need to keep playing the game Knowledgeable people receive very little respect. It is really shocking but people get used to it since you can easily survive by playing up to your manager and do very little work. Get angry from time to time. It covers your backside and makes you look strong. Again, you need to play the game Lots of ways to look busy and cruise the internet

Cons

A really poor and abusive work environment where survival is the key and has been for years There is really no incentive to do well nor to get ahead since it's never recognized. The key is to go slow and take your time. People have learned that over time The IT management team do not listen nor do they appreciate the hard work of key individuals only political ones. Look at the complaints made in the annual review year after year. It never ever ever changes IT low level and senior IT Managers have little credibility and really poor skills and are incredibly incompetent and disliked but play the game very well, so you need to do the same. I don't respect them. I never have. It makes me sick People are not proud to work here. In fact it is the complete polar opposite. I just tell people I work in IT. I don't tell them I work here There is an increasingly negative work atmosphere with people desperate to get out. Look around. Compare it to what it was 5 years ago. All the talent has long gone. It's just the old timers here and the sad and pathetic It's a really terrible company to be associated with. Go do a search for all the bad reviews in this company. You'll find that half of them come from people in IT. They can't all be wrong can they ?

1.0
Sep 16, 2014

IT is absolutely the worst division in existence

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You can get away with anything in IT. Some people here work 3-4 hours and are gone. No one cares at all. Promotions from the old boys club is the norm

Cons

It is unbelievably abnormal and disfunctional how this IT department functions. You have a serious serious malfunctioning department which is controlled by bullies who promote the favored few. there is absolute complete disregard for doing great work. the best people left a long long long time ago. What you have left are the low level and Senior IT managers who are completely unemployable elsewhere. There is utter and complete cronyism and garbage here. Complaints are completely disregarded. the annual review is a joke. the annual survey is an exercise in futility. Seriously, just scan through all the IT reviews in this company on this site, particularly from the old timers. This place is an absolute mess. They promoted the Senior Service IT director to VP. What an absolute joke of a guy he is. Half the people who work under him, have an utter disregard for him and speak badly about him and his cohorts behind his back. It's just a terrible place to work

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