KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)
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91% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,977 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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1.0
Oct 2, 2008
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Pros

I have nothing positive to say about this company

Cons

Where do I begin? As a new hire, I experienced the following: -Sexual innuendos -Use of profane language by managers during work functions -Pressure to work constant overtime to make up for overly aggressive timelines -Condescension and derision from more senior coworkers -It is my understanding that illegal drug use is not disallowed nor are there any impromptu drug screens These issues were attempted to be addressed through the manager, but no action taken. Took these issues to HR, HR completely ignored these concerns and called me a liar. Unprofessional conduct at company social functions, like peer pressure to consume alcohol. Generally uncooperative coworkers. Upon initial start of job, boss went on an extended vacation, assigned non-managers as initial mentors. Due to their lack of interest in mentoring, there was no training. As a result, upon boss's return, boss was disappointed in my performance while he was away. I tried to remedy all of these situations through proper company channels (HR, using the system as it is set up). After 1.5 months of investigation, my concerns of a hostile and uncooperative company environment were explained away as "normal behavior due to stressful situations of coworkers". A company to be avoided at all costs, even if you have to beg for food.

4.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Technical advancement. Probably the best technology company in inspection field. You will be able to work with bunch of extremely smart people and learn a lot from them. Plenty of professional skill development opportunity. Overall challenging tasks. On the top of list for best company for training programs.

Cons

Typical big company culture. You have to know how to bragging to be promoted. Promotion opportunity for minority is limited. Bussiness is going downhill, as the entire industry is going down. You will never know whether the semi industry would ever come back again, as the design rule is approaching its limit.

3.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging and highly technical work. Reasonable compensation. growth oppurtunities. The company is a leading company in its field and it has good executive management. Executive management demonstrates transparancy and so far the new executive management appear to be leading the company in the right direction. KLA-Tencor provide potential for growth, but it will require exceptional amount of efforts and learning of the political game. The company's culture in general is friendly and casual and coworkers are very cooperative. Thecompany is really good in providing continuous education and career development oppurtunities. They are very suportive of anyone who wants to pursue further education.

Cons

Toomuch politics. Lack of recognotion. Management does not always appreciate feedback. Mid-level management overall is poor and in many cases mid-level management is an obstacle to god execution. Some managers wants to take credit but they never want to share the blame. There is huge amount of unfairness in treating people, and clear circles where you are either in or out. Many managers do not appreciate positive feedback. The company in general wants people to work hard, but it is not ready, at least low to mid-level management, to reward employees who work exceptionally hard. The end result in many cases is unmotivitaed and burnt out employees who used to be superstars.

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