Applied Materials Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Great coworkers."

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

"Time crunch."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"People."

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

"Politics."

"Applied Materials is a good employer."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Working time is flexible."

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

"Working in night shift."

"If you must work for a large corporation, Applied is in the upper 50%."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Benefits are good."

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

"Stifling development environment."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The fast pace. There were always challenges that needed to be addressed. The team I worked with was fabulous!! Great people!"

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

"Be confident and willing to learn."

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

"I hated things were so unstable. Eventually my whole team was dissolved."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate as much as possible what challenges are headed to the team."

"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."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Work with lots of great engineers."

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

"Lack opportunity for career advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not just think of or care for yourself."

"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."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"The actual mechanical design work assigned to me."

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

"Would not recommend this company at the Fairfield location. But I believe the Santa Clara campus is a healthier working environment."

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

"Working environment was deteriorating due to threat of massive layoffs. People were worried about their jobs and and working as a contractor became very uncomfortable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to develop their group social capital skills so that they make work as a team rather then against each other trying to save their jobs."

"Positive."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Flexible hours, culture, enviroment."

"It's hard work in a very political environment."

"Overall - adequate experience as an intern."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"Location and manager."

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

"Up and down industry - semiconductor = layoffs consistently."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the employees who work hard and (actually) care about the company and their career."

"At that time, it was the best place for me, the people, the growth potential."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I'ts been 13 years. however it had all the right ingredients, growth, good people, etc."

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

"Go for it!"

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

"In the mid 90's, the newer management was out of their element when it came to new product development."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back and find the older generation engineering managers, and find out what made them tick, spend some time sitting next to each employee for a full day or so and see what they actually do, and don't call so many meetings."

"High stress level with little or no rewards."

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

"Don't interview here unless you want to have little or no free time, and have to constantly be on call."

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

"High stress level. No work life balance. Little or no rewards towards its employees (especially the engineers doing most of the work). People are rarely promoted (I have not been promoted in 2 years). Too much management, not enough employees. Overworked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more engineers, more employee retention and bonuses. Hire less VPs and managers. Compensate employees more."

"Nice, in short, I like it."

What do you like about working at Applied Materials?

"I like that the company cares for their employees and makes sure that safety is #1."

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

"There is absolutely nothing that I do not like, in fact I love AMAT."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I say that management is like everywhere, you have to learn the people around you and then everything falls into place. I like to deal with people at all levels. Behavior is a subject that I enjoy it."