Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,237 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 79% 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 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KLA?

79% 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 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KLA?

Software Engineer (138) , Applications Engineer (91) , Engineer (62) , Associate Test Engineer (45) , Algorithm Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (34) , 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 188 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 133 reviews)); "Good benefits and team bond" ((in 130 reviews)); "good salary but not good enough" ((in 90 reviews)); "Good culture and depends highly on department supported" ((in 84 reviews))

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

"Poor management needs to be trained" ((in 64 reviews)); "2) Bad managers/ clueless about creating goals and making checkpoints" ((in 48 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of travel." ((in 23 reviews)); "1. Senior management is very much egoistic." ((in 14 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 12 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

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,990 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

90% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,990 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

4.0

Oct 15, 2012

On the edge of technology - KLA-Tencor

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Very good environment from all points of view: people, facilities, food and etc. - Very challenging work - I hadn’t had even one boring moment. - A lot of opportunities and tools for self-development. - Very good compensation for hard work (I'm in Operations so have no idea what compensation methods are in R&D. I believe higher). - First time in my career I think that I'd like to work in this company forever (I have another 30 years to works).

Cons

- As in all companies this one sins in politics desicions and games. - Very strict policies. It is easier in Israeli companies to "bend" the rules. - Some managers are still selfish fools even comapny is working very hard on managers training.

4.0

Oct 14, 2012

Informative,knowledgeable,inspiring,experience,colloboration

Technical lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learnings,transparency,no discrimination and facilitates good networking

Cons

lack of growth and lack of cross-divisional opportunities

2.0

Sep 27, 2012

OK Company : Work Life Balance can be compromised

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

slightly better pay than other product based companies. New grads are offered a good package initially. If you're from chennai / tamilnadu, it's a good company to consider. otherwise, think thrice. If you're lucky you could work on business critical problems and also get to travel a lot

Cons

Compromised work life balance. You'd be working lot more than other product companies. Immature and Incompetent Management. Most managers lack basic management skills. Pay for Performance is a myth. In certain cases, Talent is highly overrated, at least in India. If you heard you will get to work with highly talented people, it mostly means normal people who burn themselves out to solve customer escalations, and receive hefty packages.

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