Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,232 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 (137) , 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 185 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 146 reviews)); "Good benefits and team bond" ((in 134 reviews)); "People and culture are good" ((in 90 reviews)); "good salary but not good enough" ((in 80 reviews))

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

"Poor management needs to be trained" ((in 61 reviews)); "2) Bad managers/ clueless about creating goals and making checkpoints" ((in 47 reviews)); "Sometimes there can be long hours" ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 15 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs." ((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

(1,986 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

90% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,986 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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2K reviews

1.0

Aug 29, 2011

Skilled people are not valued

Horrible it department makes it a terrible place to work

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The business is doing well and there are people outside of IT who who value your work

Cons

Difficult to know where to start when the management is just so appallingly bad. Complete and utter unappreciation for your efforts. Increased use of offshoring and lack of management accountability. Management is very quick to take credit for other peoples work. Projects are managed poorly. People here do not manage. They co-ordinate. The bar is set so low. No motivation for people to improve

4.0

Aug 20, 2011

Its a good environment to work for, specially suited for someone who would like to work in the semi-conductor domain.

Staff software eng

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

* Flexible work hours * Nice market segment * Research driven work

Cons

* Not a very young and dynamic environment * Things take a huge amount of time from initial idea to final productization

4.0

Aug 15, 2011

Good place to work but requires hard working

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair Stable Management in general cares about the employee morale and find ways to motivate employees.

Cons

Lack of growth in semi industry

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