KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,975 total reviews)
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91% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,975 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).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jun 29, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

It's a good retirement place. Legacy generation who can't accept new changes.

Cons

An open secret: Too many incompetent people in Building 1 (corporate functions). Cant provide the basics (lab/working space, decent cafe, parking, outsourced IT support,...). Keep hiring in Michigan to support CA. Total disconnect. Execs very proud of giving $6B buyback to shareholders, nice shiny conf room for customers by squeezing employees. Totally out of touch from employees. Compensation is abysmal, 3% raise when inflation 8.6%. Laughable RSU too embarrassed to compare w/ friends at other company. New hire get better compensation. They want people to quit. On top of it Execs protect a few toxic people which drove attritions.

1.0
May 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Technology, good learning opportunity.

Cons

Extreme mis-management. I worked for Ebeam division. VERY mis organized, nothing is going smoothly, very stressful environment. Therefore the management was harassing the employees, while most of the management don't understand about the technical details. No clear communication, and lots of pressure and overload and having a disrespectful manager makes your life like a hell here. The pay is way lower compared to the workload and stress. Similar companies pay much more. Another thing, because of old-school type of thinking from management, there is no opportunity for growth. Most of the employees have been there for years and no promotion or raise. Even though the technology is very appealing but KT buys most of the subsystem from different companies and integrates them into their tools. So not much creativity if you're not involved with core design and fabrication of high-tech elements.

1.0
Jan 5, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

You got a job. Cult culture if you like that sort of thing, they think they are the best thing around. Great PLC its like an M.Sc on product introduction. Have gone through all 7 phases as I was the only one doing 4 jobs so over worked and under paid

Cons

Very political, constant hiring and firing means that people spend more time ensuring you get laid off at the next down turn rather than them. Not the highest pay, like 10 to 15% below average. PLC is not stream lined. Instead people think that doing an excellent PLC documentation is more important than actually doing the work. Marketing has to get the YES answer or else the team is out of a job. So it is biased so that why the PLC does not work and is broken.

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