Working at Applied Materials in Austin, TX: 37 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

"Talk the talk, but not walk the walk."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Employee contribution, employee stock purchase plan."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep experienced employees."

"A great place to work, good people, open opportunities for advancement, great environment to excel and learn more."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Give me the opportunity to learn more about supply chain management, constant changes in technology and fast paced environment. The high energy that you feel in everyone, the commitment to accomplish the work with high standards, everyone working together to achieve the same goal and with enthusiasm. The dedication and commitment of the company for the well being of their employees, the training opportunities, the open door policy and accessibility to management. Real equal opportunity based on performance, not acquaintance or relation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Most of all you have to have the desire to do a good job every day to run the extra mile when you have the opportunity to see the results of your hard work and have the satisfaction to see your accomplishments day in and day out, that gives you the energy to return the next day."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The only problem they have is the ups and downs of the industry. By being in the semiconductor industry the market can have drastic changes in demand; therefore, there were many lay-offs about every two or three years and we lost many good people in these turns."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have an open mind, I know there are rules and regulations but sometimes you have to go out of the box to accomplish special steps and accomplish something wonderful and beneficial to the organization. In general use good common sense not everyone is exactly alike and managers have to have not only the knowledge of the organization but have strong personnel management skills to be able to use their most strong asset the people that work for them."

"Great place in the 90s, declining in the USA since 2003 or so."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Dynamic, chance to have widely changing roles."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"At the Director level meeting individual KPIs, at the expense of the company, was a way of life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be honest."

"Working for Applied Materials was a challenging opportunity to wear many different hats."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"There was always a new challenge and the people/management were very supportive."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get all the experience you can and try to work in various roles to gain the most from your time."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"There was never a great sense of job security. The industry was very unpredictable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management at Applied Materials was very good and contributed to job satisfaction. I don't have any suggestions for improvement because I didn't have any issues with the management."

"Industry leader, cyclic business."

"Company moving as much work overseas as possible, Austin workforce is in a decline."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Exciting, challenging, very empowered workforce in the 90s. Since 2003 trend was always downward. As things stabilized from the growth of the 90s, to shrinking, became regimented and a life of avoiding layoffs. I personally avoided 14 of them."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't. Unless you have a unique skill they need and you want to spend a great deal of your time in Asia."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Constant overall decline since 2003, working with a perpetual sense of dread. Years of forced time off, the reward for excelling was not being fired. Company developed the ability to lie to itself."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Know what they invested in with Solar, and understand what Applied did well in semiconductor does not apply. Structure the semiconductor business for the size it is instead of continuing the constant internal pain."

"Difficult job enviroment."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Technology."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Change for the sake of change. Managers have no clue how I do my job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promotions should be merit based, not who you know in management."

"Excellent employment, job security fluctuates with semiconductor industry."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Pretty much everything. The work was fun, the people were great, the atmosphere was conducive to happy employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work 30 to 90 hours per week. Some weeks were slow, some I put in 16 hour days, seven days per week for weeks on end. This is standard practice at this company."

What don't you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Was hired on as a contract employee and all permanent positions were frozen, then dropped before I could get hired on permanent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management at this position was top notch. Industry is very hard to predict."