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      KLA

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      KLA reviews

      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,986 total reviews)
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      Rick Wallace

      90% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

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      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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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 20, 2012

      Competitive company supplying a mature industry.

      Principal research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits Opportunities for engineers and scientists to work on bleeding edge tech aimed at semiconductor manufacturing. Customer demand pushes the R&D and engineering to very short wavelengths, very fast robotics and positioning, wicked fast image processing, and very precise measurements..

      Cons

      The bottom line is the first line. SemiCap equipment is very cyclical, and KLAC is well known in Silicon Valley for laying people off whenever there's a downturn. There is a reputation, whose truth varies from division to division, of this leading to people and groups hoarding skills and information to make them irreplaceable and layoff-resistant. To be fair, I've heard this mostly from ex-KLAC employees. The location in Milpitas at the McCarthy Ranch intersection of 237 and 880 can be a commute nightmare More and more manufacturing has been shipped overseas, so there is significant 24/7 drift in requirements for senior people to be up early or late for meetings with Europe, Israael, China, etc.

      4.0
      Nov 18, 2012

      Nice

      Cse
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good environment, Nice company culture.

      Cons

      Nil, can't comment for this.

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