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      KLA

      Engaged Employer

      KLA reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (1,980 total reviews)
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      Rick Wallace

      90% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,980 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
      3.0
      Jun 24, 2008

      Sweatshop

      Engineering program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Opportunity to grow professionally among the team of highly qualified peers is the best part of KT experience. It is a good professional school that will prepare you to a career at any another company. 5 years at KT is time well invested. More will be hazardous to your health.

      Cons

      Sweatshop, constant threat of a layoff without regard to seniority and/or contributions, 60 hours weeks is considered normal, 75-80 hours will sooner or later get you a promotion, 50 hrs a week is a ticket to the next layoff. Offshoring hard core engineering work (both HW and SW) hurts morale and bottom line. Compensation tends to be on a lower side compared to competition.

      3.0
      Jun 15, 2008

      A once great company in transition

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Kla-Tencor still has some interesting work. The managers at the mid level are good. Most of the individual contributors are excellent. For the phase the company is in the compensation is not bad.

      Cons

      Not really a downside but those that were here a decade ago would not recognize the company. This is a company in transition from growth to sustaining. That's okay but we just need to admit. Cost is king. Sometimes time to market takes a back seat to cost. The pay is average. It's difficult to hire good engineers because of that.

      3.0
      Jun 9, 2025

      Drunken from Success

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      excellent operating system, Rich, riding very well the semiconductor market trends.

      Cons

      One solution fits all, cenralized, disrespectful to local leadership

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