KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,976 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 1,976 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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4.0
Jul 23, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The breadth of projects available and the pockets of talent and ideas available can be amazing if you know where to look and are willing to do the work to cut across divisional boundaries to make the connections. The opportunities to move across a wide range of products and job roles within the company are quite good. I think it would be quite easy to spend an entire working career within KT by moving between job functions and product groups. International exposure both to external customers and internal co-workers / support groups, is part of the day-to-day routine. If you like exposure to a broad range of cultures and places, it's hard to beat KT.

Cons

Firefighting is rewarded. Preventing fires is not. This leads to a lot of difficult, demoralizing diversion from core development activities. Innovation outside of certain narrow corridors is very very hard. The company had become big enough that it squashes ideas that don't immediately fall into a certain well worn path.

3.0
Jun 27, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

work on new technology with a market leader; relatively flexible schedule is possible;

Cons

long hours is normal; irregular working hours; a lot of international travel in economy class; and no travel compensation lack of information/technology sharing within; some arrogant and ignorant managers; no appreciation of engineer's work

2.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to travel extensively especially on short notice. Free coffee and tea in the breakrooms. Decent fitness centers on the San Jose and Milpitas campuses.

Cons

KLA Tencor used to be a great place to work but has gone downhill for years. Little to no appreciation for hard work and long hours. Air travel is in coach class only, even internationally. Unreasonable workloads and tight schedules throughout the company with little regard for quality. Cheaper is better, meaning offshoring is where KLA Tencor is headed. Doubtful there will be a significant presence in the US in the not too distant future.

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