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      Applied Materials

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      Applied Materials reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (4,566 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      86% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,566 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Materials employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Dec 11, 2008

      Avoid working for this company.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I don't see any reason to work this company. Company lacks direction from senior management. I will not recommend anyone to work for this company. This is the worst company I have every worked with and worst people I have dealt with. People are not at all friendly.

      Cons

      Not a professional environment to work for in long term. management constant change direction and lack clear visibility. There are lot of politics and lack of communication between different group. People hide information from each other and try to push other people down. The company is really not doing well and if possible try to avoid this company.

      2.0
      Nov 23, 2008

      Rocky road

      Managing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Sharp people. Good balance sheet. Name recognition. Silicon Valley based. Solar offering.

      Cons

      Highly political Vicious infighting Lack of integrity in some areas Weak leadership Constant churn Confused strategy

      3.0
      Nov 18, 2008

      Not quite enough.

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In the semiconductor industry, one of the only companies with a clear goal on how to survive the recent semi downturn and come out strong. Appears to be one of the better corporate citizens.

      Cons

      As I have read in other reviews, too much work politics as the company is literally structured as a FFA resource fest with too many stretch goals, insufficient resources, slightly incompetent upper management. This is the result of being in too many spaces and spread too thin. Also, being a publically traded company, too much emphasis on the short term bottom line with shareholder ass-kissing (and still doing poorly) over taking care of employees. Additionally, benefits are only average, especially for a high tech company.

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