Applied Materials Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Minimal supervision."

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

"Be prepared."

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

"Work sometimes appears to be seasonal."

"An average company at best."

"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."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Outstanding employees."

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

"Understand your electronics and mechanicals; ask the difficult questions to the person interviewing you."

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

"Very little work life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Support your employees and be available during off hours for your employees. Mentor, manage, and grow your employees for the next step they wish to take."

"Very large company."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Technology and industry leader in semi capital equipment manufacturer."

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

"It's a great experience."

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

"They are pretty big."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"All companies should strive to streamline, foster innovation and maximize profits."

"When the economy is doing well so are they."

"A great company."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Great opportunities for growth."

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

"The economics of the business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at the highest levels and how they manage."

"Excellent."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Great atmosphere, I was treated with professionalism. They care about employees, and always room for advancement."

"Out of touch management - no interaction."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Direct co-workers were friendly."

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

"Watch out for doing work for other remote divisions. Each division is territorial and will lie to your face to keep the work themselves. You'll get burned in the end, they'll drop you like a rock in the face of a downturn in their market."

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

"Mgmt didn't have a clue, sent me on trips for no purpose, what idiots."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a clue."

"A job worth hanging on to."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The work was exciting and challenging due to the customer atmosphere. Intel is an excellent customer to work for. And I hope some day to be working directly for Intel."

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

"As a customer engineer, the job security is very low during these times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Applied Materials is a very big company wherein one place you might feel great, and on the other be wishing to leave the company."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Benefits, job challenge, new technology."

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

"Clearly define your job requirements."

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

"Distance from home. Overtime."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Problems with destructive inter-employee competition."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Very nice career advancement."

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

"Semiconductor Industry at Applied was not stable."