Is KLA a good company to work for?

KLA has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,222 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at KLA to a friend and 82% 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?

80% 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 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KLA?

Software Engineer (137) , Applications Engineer (91) , Engineer (60) , Associate Test Engineer (44) , Algorithm Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , CSE (32) , Systems Engineer (31) , Customer Support Engineer (28) , Research Scientist (28) , Product Development Engineer (27) , 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 184 reviews)); "Has good work life balance" ((in 144 reviews)); "Good benefit and package." ((in 125 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 90 reviews)); "People and culture are good" ((in 84 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 45 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of ot" ((in 20 reviews)); "Upper management seems disconnected from the employees." ((in 12 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 KLA locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Malta , Ann Arbor , Israel , Santa Clara , Austin , Portland , Hillsboro , Milpitas

KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)

Rick Wallace

91% approve of CEO

82% 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 1,977 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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2K reviews

4.0

Mar 28, 2009

Love this Company - non-political work environment. Everyone focused on doing the right thing and getting the job done.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Non-political. Good people to work with. Very business focused

Cons

Not enough growth, so careers could stagnate for high performers

2.0

Mar 24, 2009

Disillusioned

Mechanical design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are very competent and able engineers working at KLA-Tencor, most of which have a passion for designing and engineering quality products. If you work for the right group, you can almost bear all the negatives I'm sure other people have written about in their reviews (which are all pretty accurate).

Cons

Coming from a mechanical engineer: The management is very politically driven, motivated by the $$$ and deadlines/pressure from the upper echelons, not with whether a product is ready for production. Is this just how business is run these days? There is so much red tape / paperwork to do! Although my job title says "design engineer", design only constitutes about 25% of my actual workload. The other 75% is filling out forms and pushing papers in a bloated and inefficient system in order to get anything released for manufacturing.

4.0

Mar 17, 2009

A good company to start with

Senior systems design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Professional development. It is a good place to start your career. A lot of training opportunities help you build up your knowledge in the semiconductor industry.

Cons

salary is not very high and the work hours are long

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Love this Company - non-political work environment. Everyone focused on doing the right thing and getting the job done.

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