Applied Materials Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Out of touch management - no interaction."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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."

"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."

"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."

"An average company at best."

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."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I liked the advancement opportunities that Applied presented to its employees."

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

"I didn't like the fact that our department was outsourced to a 3pl."

"Great place for training, hard to advance because community is so small."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"It always made me think about how to best solve a problem and how to recognize like-problems later. I loved working with intricate machines involving electronics/mechanical/software/exotic gases/high-vacuum and computer hardware."

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

"Learn your job well but be satisfied with being on the same level of duty/responsibilities for a long time."

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

"Advancement not likely very soon; support from upper management thin."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We are all on the same team! If one of us does well, the entire team looks good."

"Applied Materials has the best quality performance and reputation in semiconductor field."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"It provides me a great chance to applying the theory or principle I've learned on books to solve realistic problems. And also it's a place where I can increase my knowledge and experience with the field I'm with. Lastly, Applied is a company that I would comfortable to work not because I have to."

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

"Always be honest and no cheating or exaggerating."

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

"The part I dislike is that we have to work in night shift in China which is day time for US in order to timely communicate with our vendors (most of them are located in US) and support our co-workers in US."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Great management teams. Culture is friendly."

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

"Be yourself."

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

"Stressful when deadline comes. Long hours to meet project deadline."

"Good, not Great."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I had great benefits. In spite of management blunders, the people who did the work were excellent to work with."

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

"Be people/customer oriented, know your technical field, and be professional."

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

"There was no ability to flex my schedule. Because they were so in bed with their customers (which the customers liked), we had to continually shift days to nights and vice versa. Very few people liked to work nights so again we had to rotate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of your people -- that's how you make your customers happy."