MKS Instruments reviews

4.0

85% would recommend to a friend

(400 total reviews)
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John T.C. Lee

90% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

MKS Instruments has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 400 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MKS Instruments 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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400 reviews
4.0
Jun 7, 2014

Great Technology company, questionable sales

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Top tier in technology development and manufacturing

Cons

Global sales could not sell sophisticated products

2.0
Apr 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- Provides extremely stable employment - Knowledgeable and competent R&D team - Profitable even in tough business conditions - Great benefits, especially insurance and vacation time policy - Most of the people are very friendly - Good middle management

Cons

- Senior management does not define company strategy and simply either lacks a vision or if has one, does not communicate to lower level employees - Upper management never tours facilities, despite the fact that 3 of the biggest facilities are within a 15 minute drive of the headquarters. - Extremely poor communication between departments - Very poor annual compensations, even for the best employees - Many employees are underpaid and are no longer driven, yet remain with the company, thus leading to general lack of innovation - While has plenty of good managers, lacks good leaders - Very few young people - Extremely understaffed, especially in Manufacturing - Long work hours to make up for lack of employees - Heavy reliance on outsourcing of manufacturing to Mexico to save very little money at the expense of people's jobs in the US. - Does not invest in developing people whatsoever

2.0
Apr 10, 2014

Good company, new CEO

Anonymous employee
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Pros

MKS is a well managed, successful company that has a strategy to weather the ups and downs of the semiconductor market. For instance, using furloughs more than layoffs.

Cons

The company roadmap for future development is not widely known. The new CEO is making changes benevolent treatment of employees may change.

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