Applied Materials Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"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."

"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."

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."

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."

"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?

"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."

"MTCG management changed too often."

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."

"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."

"One of the best positions I have held."

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."

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."

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

"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."

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."