Applied Materials Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"One of the best positions I have held."

"Tough work, lack of stability, lots of money to be made."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Travel and challenge."

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

"Take the job but keep your resume fresh."

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

"Lack of stability in job. Job depended upon the customer more than how successful my own company was doing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Tell the truth about contracts and do not exaggerate when tempting someone to take a contract."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Working with high end equipment."

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

"Bargain for compensation before starting, cause after starting it becomes very little while you're employed there."

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

"No recognition and compensation for the lower technicians, the ones that really make the money for the company. While upper management sits back and collects their bonuses."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look out for your employees and compensate them when it comes time to."

"MTCG management changed too often."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Contribute for the society."

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

"Join the best company."

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

"Working with best people in the industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Capture the market momentum."

"Applied Materials - adequate to good place to hang out."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Good people and generally a good company."

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

"The industry has stagnated and the change in direction is going very slow (trying to move into energy equipment and fabs), so it is a roller coaster ride today."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Read the book Maverick by Ricardo Semler to help make the company more nimble and ready for the future."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The people and fast pace."

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

"Demanding and little balance for personal life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To consider employees' families and personal lives."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Close to home."

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

"Had a lay off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more people."

"Nice company to start career in semiconductor industry."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Nice."

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

"Study."

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

"Politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Aggressiveness."

"Contract work can often be unreliable."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I did not really enjoy contract employment. However, it was really all that was available in the area at the time."

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

"Lack of stability in income and length of jobs."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The amount of travelling that I did for them was a definitive attraction for me."

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

"Just be prepared in regards to the industry, do your homework."

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

"Dealing with AMAT customers around the world."

"Adequate place, limited opportunities to develop a FULL software engineer career."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Health benefits."

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

"Ask for JAVA and Python opportunities. If there is any."

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

"Limited range of software engineer development."

"It is a good place, would like to have seen more worklife/homelife balance."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Great people from all different cultures."

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

"Not much room to advance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Apply more respect for frontline workers and empower them on a daily basis."

"They are an excellent company to work for."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Employees are empowered."

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

"Be honest and aggresive."

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

"Politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Applied is a very matrixed org. This makes managing priorities difficult."

"First job out of military but was misled about overall opportunities after being on road for 2 years."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I liked the opportunities to travel and work with top notch technology."

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

"Good luck."

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

"I was told that if I traveled on the Global Install Team for years that I would have my choice of where I could relocate wherever Applied Materials were located. They relocated to a site not of my choice and then laid me off 2 months later. Very misleading."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't make promises to their employees and not follow through. After I was told I was laid off I was immediately offered a job with their major customer."