KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)
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91% approve of CEO

82% 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 3, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1) Lots of good people who are able to focus and get things done. 2) Over all, a well run company - despite the current challanges of the industry.

Cons

1) First level management can be boarder line incompetent and not held accountable. Many managers tend to take a "cowboy" or "hero" approach to solving problems in an effort to gain visibility and get credit for the save. This undermines established processes and circumvents obvious simple solutions. 2) Culture and values often underminded by politics 3) Large variation in quality of leadership - depending on which division/group you work in. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, it's really bad and accountability for poor leadership is low or non-existent. 4) Workforce management policies seem to be geared towards reducing the over-all seniority of staff. This yields a lot of bad politics - people focus on their own survival rather than the good of the company.

2.0
Dec 31, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A chance to work with the latest technologies on large, complex projects. Many very good technical people to work with.

Cons

No work life balance, mediocre compensation, no vision, more about politics than performance lately. Maturing industry, declining opportunities. Senior management show very little vision beyond cost-cutting. Very poorly structured company. Acquisitions poorly integrated. More opportunity for people from acquired companies than current employees. Use of inane and incompetent consultants to make decisions that executive staff should make ( i.e. spans and layers, RIF communication consultants. ) HR is a joke... pushing to get rid of all experienced employees and replace with junior employees.

2.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Financial stability of the company, less likely to go out of business even in down-turn. ESPP and RSU are still attractive, the technology is challenging and exciting, Overall compensation and benefit packages are decent, Engineers are very dedicated and talented, Process are mature and effective while rigorous enough

Cons

Losing industry leadership as the competition gets stronger, keeps downsizing for years to result in a very stressful environment, Politics are getting in the way in business, limited career growth opportunity as the company is not growing, glass ceiling can be observed, Senior management experience and caliber got weaken in recent years,

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