KLA reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)
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89% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,977 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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3.0
Jan 22, 2013
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Pros

The company is still profitable in these tough times.

Cons

The company had gotten rid of stock options a few years back and replaced them with "restricted stock units.". This year they got rid of those and replaced that with cash that mature. That's all well and good except the monetary equivalence became smaller (by half!) every time there's a change. I used to get 500 shares of stock per year (~2$5k) and this year I got $12k. I don't mind getting a pay cut if times are tough, but doing it in such a roundabout, underhanded way is despicable.

1.0
Aug 18, 2012

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Pros

Cafeteria food decient. Employees not valued or recoginized for all their hard work. Those that are recognized are known for their politics.

Cons

Management very unprofessional to their employees. I see employees on the team overly worked working overtime to accomplish the addtional tasks that mgm't gives them, only to have management humiliate these employees infront of others. Also hear managers bad mouthing their employees behind their backs. Even after employees are no longer with the company I hear managers bad mouthing those employees. Totally unprofessional and they have no justification in doing this. Also find them condescending to their employees on their teams. Again I see employees working efficiently, and hard taking on the additional responsibilties, working over time and managers refusing to pay this over time. I see employees and management fearful of losing their jobs. Managers saying anything to protect themselves. Employees looking over their shoulders afraid of being let go. Not a professional or a good working environment to be working in.

2.0
Jan 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Easy work environment Low expectation from management Not much pressure as long as you play the political game

Cons

Poor leadership in the IT organization with lots of politics Senior management more interested in keeping their jobs than doing the right thing Management addresses poor execution by consultants by blaming the employees and rewarding the consultants with more business Having been at KLA for so long, did not realize how bad things were until I left and saw how other IT organizations function

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