Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,226 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 81% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about KLA have been left by employees working as Test Engineer , Field Applications Engineer and Product Marketing Manager .

Does KLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KLA. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KLA?

78% of KLA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KLA 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KLA?

Software Engineer (137) , Applications Engineer (91) , Engineer (62) , Associate Test Engineer (44) , Algorithm Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , CSE (32) , Systems Engineer (31) , Customer Support Engineer (29) , Research Scientist (28) , Product Development Engineer (26) , Applications Development Engineer (25) , Manufacturing Design Engineer (23) , Associate Software Engineer (22) , Field Applications Engineer (21)

What are the pros of working at KLA according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and easygoing." ((in 188 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 144 reviews)); "Good benefits and team bond" ((in 125 reviews)); "People and culture are good" ((in 89 reviews)); "good salary but not good enough" ((in 85 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KLA according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management needs to be trained" ((in 61 reviews)); "2) Bad managers/ clueless about creating goals and making checkpoints" ((in 47 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of travel." ((in 22 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs." ((in 14 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about KLA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about KLA layoffs and their outlook for job security at KLA in 2026.

What are the top reviewed KLA locations?

Milpitas , San Jose , Ann Arbor , Hillsboro , Austin , Portland , Israel , Malta , Santa Clara , Boise , Chandler , Phoenix , Richardson , Totowa , Oak Ridge , San Ramon , Beaverton , Boston , Arizona City , Fremont , San Francisco , Denver , Westwood , Ridgewood , Meridian , Provo , Naperville , Albany , Clifton Park , Brooklyn

KLA reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,981 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

90% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,981 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KLA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Sep 13, 2024

Fantastic

Qa manual tester

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Teamwork is the best and friendly environment

Cons

Nothing can be considered a major issue.

5.0

Sep 11, 2024

Top leader in the semi field

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Top leader in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing field, with lots of interesting engineering projects to work on.

Cons

Might have to work after hours due to the global presence, collaborating with coworkers from different timezone/continents.

3.0

Sep 10, 2024

Good work; Expensive cost of living.

Research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Direct manager is good at managing production software. In general co-workers are extremely intelligent. The minority of other (only intelligent) people are hard working.

Cons

As of writing this, upper management expects employees to be in the office. Milpitas office is a stupidly expensive place to live near.

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