KLA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,975 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 1,975 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
Jun 27, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

work on new technology with a market leader; relatively flexible schedule is possible;

Cons

long hours is normal; irregular working hours; a lot of international travel in economy class; and no travel compensation lack of information/technology sharing within; some arrogant and ignorant managers; no appreciation of engineer's work

2.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to travel extensively especially on short notice. Free coffee and tea in the breakrooms. Decent fitness centers on the San Jose and Milpitas campuses.

Cons

KLA Tencor used to be a great place to work but has gone downhill for years. Little to no appreciation for hard work and long hours. Air travel is in coach class only, even internationally. Unreasonable workloads and tight schedules throughout the company with little regard for quality. Cheaper is better, meaning offshoring is where KLA Tencor is headed. Doubtful there will be a significant presence in the US in the not too distant future.

3.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

State of the art engineering and science and being able to work with customers and their cutting edge technology products.

Cons

Work environment has become extremely hostile and negative with no respect shown towards employees life/work balance. There are a LOT of unhappy engineers who are over-worked, over-stressed, and hate the work environment (especially true in WIN division). Atleast in the past people were compensated for being over-worked (you knew it was worth it in the end). You got a spot bonus, profit sharing, good yearly bonus, nice compensation compared to competitors. NO LONGER. Almost all have been taken away, and the so-called great year (just heard about it being great) was the one in which there were 2 RIF's ?? Go figure (well atleast we know a lot of people in sr. management made out real well---its good to know) ! This is really sad, because technology and science-wise ---its a GREAT JOB and the company has good products and a lot of highly qualified good engineers who care about their work and their colleagues. Too bad that Employee morale is SO LOW and there's so much fear around. This shows you how bad management can RUIN just about anything.

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