Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,232 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 79% 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?

79% 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 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KLA?

Software Engineer (137) , Applications Engineer (91) , Engineer (62) , Associate Test Engineer (45) , Algorithm Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (34) , 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 185 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 146 reviews)); "Good benefits and team bond" ((in 134 reviews)); "People and culture are good" ((in 90 reviews)); "good salary but not good enough" ((in 80 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)); "Sometimes there can be long hours" ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 15 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs." ((in 12 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

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,986 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

90% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

KLA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,986 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Feb 21, 2013

Great Job - Post Military

Customer service engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company Stock Purchase Program Company Profit Sharing Great 401k management Great health services advisement Good communications on employee services Good local support teams

Cons

Communication to management - sometimes obscured

4.0

Feb 10, 2013

Long term employee review

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive Salaries, Leading edge technologies, great opportunity for interns and those fresh out of college to gain real world experience in a high tech environment. Solid engineering processes from concept to production.Company culture promotes healthy living.

Cons

Small offices with few conference rooms. Lab space is limited. Company needs more synergy across divisions.

3.0

Jan 22, 2013

Management must think we are stupid

Senior research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

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