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You Aren't Fooling The Employees - Contractor Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0

May 1, 2011

Contractor

Recommend

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Pros

Get to work with industry-leading products, casual workplace dress, easy in-out of complex, limited telecommuting possibilities, full-time employees treat contractors with respect.

Cons

Offshoring, offshoring, offshoring, lots of layoffs in US over past 5 years, outdated enterprise resource management systems, product group in-fighting, technicians and below hired/let go at the bat of an eye.

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5.0

Apr 15, 2026

Field service engineer

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Friendliness Stock Purchase Benefits Culture Development

Cons

Hours Schedule Flexibility Relocation Salary

4.0

Jun 25, 2026

Electrical engineer ii

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Strong place to start your career. If you do the Fusion Program you will learn a lot. Good training and benefits. Amazing Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Coworkers are smart and grounded people.

Cons

Stingy with salary, raises, and promotions. The engineer roles are broken up into Jr and Senior so the title progression goes Engineer I, I Sr, II, II Sr, etc which slows career progression and pay. Only the CA office gets extra pay due to the expense of living there, even if the MA office is expensive.

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