MKS Instruments reviews

4.0

85% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)
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John T.C. Lee

90% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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4.0
Jan 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Employees are dedicated, skilled, knowledgable, and collaborative. Positive company culture of "winning as a team" and good work-life balance.

Cons

Resourcing for IT and process improvements

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MKS Instruments Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to read you had a positive experience with our company culture. Having a work environment filled with professional, skilled team members who are collaborative and invested in everyone’s success makes it enjoyable to come to work every day. Not to mention the powerful impact a healthy work-life balance has on your overall wellbeing. You are right: resourcing is a challenge facing many organizations today. We are striving to make process improvements in identified areas as quickly and effectively as we are able and will continue to do so. If you have any additional feedback or would like to discuss these matters further, please reach out directly to MKS.Feedback@mksinst.com.
5.0
Dec 12, 2022

4 years and happy

Recommend
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Pros

MKS products are world-class, highly technical, high value add, and serve the most advanced applications on the planet. The culture is a nice balance of accountability and autonomy.

Cons

Multiple international sites comes with timing challenges. Complex business, multiple BUs, and product lines can be challenging to work across.

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MKS Instruments Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We appreciate that you recognize our standing as an industry leader and thank you for your individual contribution to making our Vision a reality – Enabling the Technologies that Transform Our World. At MKS, one of our Guiding Principles is to “Own it,” at the individual and team level, so it is great that you experience respectful accountability within the organization. It is true, we are a global organization that has recently doubled in size, with three divisions comprised of multiple BUs. Employees have the unique experience of collaborating cross-functionally with teams all across the world to successfully meet the needs of our customers. If you have any additional feedback or want to discuss potential new ways to work cross-functionally, please reach out directly to MKS.Feedback@mksinst.com.
2.0
Nov 7, 2022

Very political culture in HR and TA

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The products are interesting and are sold to the big Semiconductor companies.

Cons

After some new management started in HR and Talent Acquisition they started hiring their former co-workers who were not capable of doing their jobs. That turned the culture of the HR teams into a group who spent most of their time micro-managing, back stabbing and speaking to the staff like they were children. Also the pay and other compensation is not competitive to other companies in the industry unless you were one of the former co-workers. Then you would get offered a job level well above your skills/experience plus stock and sign on bonuses. The best engineers who were critical hires didn't get sign on bonuses...

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MKS Instruments Response
3y
It sounds like you left MKS with some frustration. Adjusting to new management and change can be difficult. When difficult issues arise between colleagues or within teams, we encourage employees to start a dialogue that “honors mutual respect & constructive candor”, as part of our Guiding Principles. We are a global organization which is diverse across many aspects, including gender, age and race. This diversity enables us to meet our mission to be the “Innovation Leader and Trusted Partner Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility.” If you have any additional feedback or would like to discuss your situation further, please don’t hesitate to reach out to MKS.Feedback@mksinst.com.
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