Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,224 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 81% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about KLA have been left by employees working as Test Engineer , Field Applications Engineer and Product Marketing Manager .

Does KLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KLA. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KLA?

78% of KLA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KLA 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KLA?

Software Engineer (137) , Applications Engineer (91) , Engineer (61) , Associate Test Engineer (44) , Algorithm Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , CSE (32) , Systems Engineer (31) , Customer Support Engineer (29) , Research Scientist (28) , Product Development Engineer (26) , Applications Development Engineer (25) , Manufacturing Design Engineer (23) , Associate Software Engineer (22) , Field Applications Engineer (21)

What are the pros of working at KLA according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and easygoing." ((in 186 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 143 reviews)); "Good benefits and team bond" ((in 118 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 92 reviews)); "Good culture and depends highly on department supported" ((in 79 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KLA according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management needs to be trained" ((in 60 reviews)); "2) Bad managers/ clueless about creating goals and making checkpoints" ((in 45 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of ot" ((in 23 reviews)); "bad work life balance / heavy workload due to layoffs" ((in 13 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about KLA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about KLA layoffs and their outlook for job security at KLA in 2026.

What are the top reviewed KLA locations?

Milpitas , San Jose , Ann Arbor , Hillsboro , Austin , Portland , Israel , Malta , Santa Clara , Boise , Chandler , Phoenix , Richardson , Totowa , Oak Ridge , San Ramon , Beaverton , Boston , Arizona City , Fremont , San Francisco , Denver , Westwood , Ridgewood , Meridian , Provo , Naperville , Albany , Clifton Park , Brooklyn

KLA reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,979 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

90% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,979 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Jul 2, 2022

Great company

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues. Good pay and benefits. Lot of referral bonuses. Good food

Cons

Work life balance. Expect us to know everything from the very first day. Some team members are not friendly.

4.0

May 23, 2022

Good place to work if Upper Management was better

Senior customer service engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leading semiconductor company with strong market share Good teamwork and communication at local level and international

Cons

Upper and middle management out of touch with onsite teams, concentrated too much on squeezing more dollars out of everything. Rely heavily on senior employees to do extra work and do more new employee training for all the new hires with no experience since post Covid still opening up more but not fully ready to go back to in person/hands on training.

1.0

Mar 29, 2021

On the downfall

Product dev engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture in general. Collaboration is easier among groups.

Cons

Below-Average Compensation Doesn't recognize talent and ideas. By the time they are realized, it is too late. FaST Division has terrible management problem with severe talent loss. No Free lunch. FaST Division pays lower relative to other divisions.

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