Does Veeco Instruments pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Veeco Instruments employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Veeco Instruments. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Veeco Instruments?

64% of Veeco Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Veeco Instruments 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Veeco Instruments?

Engineer (16) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Director (5) , Manager (5) , Field Service Engineer (4) , Manufacturing Technician (4) , Process Engineer (4) , Research Scientist (4) , Senior Assembler (4) , Technician (4) , Buyer (3) , Project Engineer (3) , Project Manager (3) , Senior Field Service Engineer (3) , Senior Research Scientist (3)

What are the pros of working at Veeco Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and I was able to just do my work and enjoy it." ((in 32 reviews)); "Self managed environment,good pay, and great IT Team" ((in 10 reviews)); "Excellent Work Environment with Good Benefits" ((in 10 reviews)); "The benefits at Veeco were good." ((in 8 reviews)); "Salary is also fair" ((in 7 reviews))

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

"Poor management." ((in 16 reviews)); "Lots of change in leadership and in company direction, poor communication, very short sighted with business strategy, tons of turnover and constant layoffs" ((in 8 reviews)); "ness of Senior Management and deceitful nature of VPs/ GMs." ((in 7 reviews)); "Some managers are abusive of employees and HR looks the other way." ((in 5 reviews)); "Horrible/ dishonest upper management, filled with “yes” men, bad culture, entrenched VPs who constantly play favorites and zero IT support." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Veeco Instruments layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Veeco Instruments layoffs and their outlook for job security at Veeco Instruments in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Veeco Instruments locations?

Somerset , Plainview , San Jose , Horsham , Santa Barbara , Saint Paul , Fremont , New York , Elizabeth , Jersey City , New Brunswick , Boise , Kingston , Napanoch , Chandler , Gilbert , Minneapolis , Fresno , Santa Clara , Goleta , Fort Collins , Allentown , Philadelphia , Fridley , Bergen , Germany , Horsham Terrace

Veeco Instruments reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

William J. Miller

69% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

53 reviews

Reviews about "Management"

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4.0

Aug 19, 2022

good place to work

Senior applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

experiencing many different culture and companies

Cons

lack of management. HR support

Veeco Instruments Response

3y

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences at Veeco. While a four-star review is good, it's concerning to see you note a lack of management and HR support. I want to improve this, but it's hard to do with limited information. If you'd be willing, please reach out to Bob Bradshaw or me. I'm sure together we can improve this for the current Veeco United team. Hope to hear from you. Best, Brenden

5.0

May 25, 2022

The best company

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very nice people, and a good management system. They are very friendly and you can feel they act like a family. I am just talking about Veeco San Jose. It was Ultrtech before and people still are friendly like in the old days. You can see lots of old people who act like your uncle or your dad and they help you in any situation. All higher managers respect the new employee and they try their best to make the situation comfortable for them. The whole environment is very good and the work-life balance is perfect. Nobody pushes you and you have the freedom to grow. I took more than 10 courses and they paid for all of them.

Cons

The only cons that they have is that they are too much friendly. For example an engineer can not work for more than two weeks and nobody says you should do something. This situation put pressure on other people who likes t work.

Veeco Instruments Response

3y

Thanks for sharing your perspective about your experience at Veeco. There are many positives in your post, with a couple of things we'd like to learn more about so we can improve. If you'd be willing, you can contact me directly at bwright@veeco.com, Bob Bradshaw at rbradshaw@veeco.com, or use our confidential employee hotline. I appreciate you sharing your feedback, and we hope to work with you to get better! Best, Brenden

3.0

Mar 11, 2022

Management is oblivious to it’s employees issues

General factory worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good hard working people. A lot of us have 20yrs.plus experience.

Cons

Management doesn’t understand or care how difficult it is to get equipment operational and correct. They only care about deadlines and the bottom line. Long time employee opinions are ignored. We have been working in house all through the pandemic while others work from home for no apparent reason. Too many upper management positions filled by number crunchers w/o practical experience.

Veeco Instruments Response

4y

Thanks for sharing your experience at Veeco. As someone who spent a lot of time in Horsham myself, I agree the people are good, definitely hard-working, and have been there quite some time. It sounds like you might have some ideas on how we can improve, but that takes communication and collaboration. I'd encourage you to talk to your manager or HR Partner about your concerns. You can also contact me or Bob Bradshaw directly. Even with the challenges you've listed, we appreciate you and all you do for Veeco and for making a material difference in Horsham. Best, Brenden

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