KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,976 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 1,976 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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1.0
Dec 1, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

There are a number of very bright people at the individual contributor level who are a delight to work with and from whom much can be learned. Their education reimbursement program is very generous and pretty freely available but, the caveat is you must have a manager who is willing to allow you to participate.

Cons

The environment is very, very political much to the detriment of business. There is an popular saying around the company that, "it isn't what you know, but what people think you know that determines your fate in the company." Tsk, tsk. There is no mentoring of new engineers. Though the company likes to advertise that it employs that brightest and the best, don't believe it. It is only true in some divisions-mediocrity rules the day in others.

2.0
Nov 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent salary. Good people at the non-immediate management level.

Cons

Low-level management is has many over-inflated, underacheiving egos who talk big and do little. Senior management and executives are smart and talented but there is much pettiness and just plain stupidity among the low-level managers. There is a blue-collar-risen-through-the-ranks-but-undereducated-chip-on-on-the-shoulder attitude among the management of the a particular division.

1.0
Nov 16, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Suitable company for someone who likes to work within structured well defined boundaries. The salaries arent great but arent terrible either. One doesnt have to work too hard.

Cons

One of the worst places to start a career. Incredibly political environment, but if you are a minion you wouldnt know about it. Not a place that fosters creativity or driven people. Just a place where average people do average things.

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