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5%
4.1
Average Rating
(based on 19 Novellus Systems Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
3.9
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.2
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"Great place to work. Good salary, very very nice working environment. Colleges are like family."
Posted 10 years ago in China, ME
Technologist
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Field Service Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.4 / 5
Senior Field Process Engineer
Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Field Service Engineer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Process Development Engineer

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Lacks Management and Leadership skills. Mangers are divided. Some likes politics and grouping more than others. Lack of respect."

Mechanical Engineer

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"The constantly changing design technology, working with high temperatures, vacuum pressure, exotic materials and chemicals."

Product Development Engineer

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

"Keep your focus on your client's needs and never stop looking for ways to improve."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continuing their strive for excellence. They are a great company with strong customer service orientation."

Field Service Engineer

"Great people to work with on the regional level, but the people at corporate need to figure things out."

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Family environment when work was good at local level. Opportunity to travel all over the world."

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

"The people in the field are very friendly and embrace the Work Hard, Play Hard attitude. It is a good company when the economy is good."

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Upper upper management doesn't have the basic employees best interest in mind. Lacking PE mentors for EIT certified engineers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Examine what makes the company tick before they cut employee benefits and take another multi-million dollar bonus."

Product Support Manager

"Sucks to be there. OK to be from."

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Some good folks, just not enough to influence the overall work environment and culture."

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

"read-up on the industry to see the science trends"

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Too negative. No real positive support for people. Continuously reducing people and increasing per capita work load in increased travel requirements."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Rebuild the business plan to incorporate buy-in on lower levels. DOn't always think you have the best plan.... as Novellus was built from a <20 person start-up as an awesome company, some of the BEST ideas are from the people you never see or even know about."

Administrative Assistant

"Please note that although this was a fantastic company I was contracted to them. They wanted to hire me but could not at the time."

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"This was a large company and very competitive. Their efficiency was superb. The environment was great and so were the perks. Everyone was very professional."

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

"Work hard and the perks are there! Overtime was paid, you could sign up for box seats to the Shark's games...so just do your job well and all is taken care of for you."

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Well that fact that they needed to stay so competitive they did not hire me! Everyone thought I was permanent and when they found out that I was still a contractor the VP's did not sign off on the purchase requisition to hire me regardless of the Director of Marketings' recommendation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. They are a well oiled machine."

Associate Engineer

"Decent place to work."

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Stable work environment."

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Inflexible management style."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Loosen up a bit."

Sales Representative

"great company, became an industry leader"

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"new technology"

Business Development Manager

"Great company to work for in that decade"

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"I grew into new positions as my knowledge expanded with the company."

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

"Plan to work hard and long hours"

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"I liked everything."

Field Service Engineer

"As noted Novellus Systems was a very good place of employment"

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"The technology the innovation the FSE training was excellent, we became experts on the systems we serviced."

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"Nothing to report"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve monitoring of remote management practices."

Senior Mechanical Engineer

"worst place ever I have worked so far."

What do you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"I don't."

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

"just don't go to Novellus."

What don't you like about working at Novellus Systems?

"management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"respect and take care the people work for you."

Novellus Systems Reviews FAQs

Is Novellus Systems a good company to work for?

Novellus Systems has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 19 Novellus Systems Review Ratings left anonymously by Novellus Systems employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at Novellus Systems.

Does Novellus Systems pay their employees well?

Novellus Systems employees earn $75,000 annually on average, or $36 per hour, which is 14% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 3 Novellus Systems employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Novellus Systems Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Novellus Systems?

95% of employees would recommend working at Novellus Systems with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Novellus Systems 4.1 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.9 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Novellus Systems?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Novellus Systems is a Chief Credit Officer at $195,000 annually. Browse Novellus Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Novellus Systems?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Novellus Systems is a Sales Specialist at $20,000 annually. Browse Novellus Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Novellus Systems?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Novellus Systems to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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