Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,222 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 82% 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?

80% 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 (28) , Research Scientist (28) , Product Development Engineer (27) , 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 143 reviews)); "Benefit wise is good honestly" ((in 140 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 88 reviews)); "People and culture are good" ((in 85 reviews))

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

"Poor management needs to be trained" ((in 59 reviews)); "2) Bad managers/ clueless about creating goals and making checkpoints" ((in 46 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of ot" ((in 21 reviews)); "bad work life balance / heavy workload due to layoffs" ((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 KLA locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Malta , Ann Arbor , Israel , Santa Clara , Austin , Portland , Hillsboro , Milpitas

KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

91% approve of CEO

82% 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 1,977 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Aug 20, 2008

Big on technology

Install engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The option to work in locations worldwide if you like to travel. The technology is good and options to work on many different type of systems. Overtime is expected which is good for hourly employee's up to a certin point.

Cons

Too much focus on profits, for a company that has never lost money. Benifits always seem to get cut during down times and never restored during upturns. Long work days and work weeks. Overtime is expected.

3.0

Aug 19, 2008

Good place to work, but look else where if want to develop new software and dont want to do software maintenance

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company is stable and dominant in most market segments it operates in. You can come across wide rage of fields from software, electronics, optics and mechanical engineering and math.

Cons

Not a very good place for someone looking for growth in terms of their software engineering skills. Most of the time you will have to work with old code base and spend time in maintenance work like : defect fixing and escalations as a software developer. If you land in a solid group and right time the job can be very stable too.

4.0

Aug 6, 2008

No Work Life Balance, rest company is good to work for

Application developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good learning environment and good exposure

Cons

No work life balance, stress full and too much personal sacrifice. High Expectation always

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Big on technology

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No Work Life Balance, rest company is good to work for

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