Does Veeco Instruments pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Veeco Instruments employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Veeco Instruments. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Veeco Instruments?

64% of Veeco Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Veeco Instruments 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Veeco Instruments?

Engineer (16) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Director (5) , Manager (5) , Field Service Engineer (4) , Manufacturing Technician (4) , Process Engineer (4) , Research Scientist (4) , Senior Assembler (4) , Technician (4) , Buyer (3) , Project Engineer (3) , Project Manager (3) , Senior Field Service Engineer (3) , Senior Research Scientist (3)

What are the pros of working at Veeco Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and I was able to just do my work and enjoy it." ((in 32 reviews)); "Self managed environment,good pay, and great IT Team" ((in 10 reviews)); "Excellent Work Environment with Good Benefits" ((in 10 reviews)); "The benefits at Veeco were good." ((in 8 reviews)); "Salary is also fair" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Veeco Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management." ((in 16 reviews)); "Lots of change in leadership and in company direction, poor communication, very short sighted with business strategy, tons of turnover and constant layoffs" ((in 8 reviews)); "ness of Senior Management and deceitful nature of VPs/ GMs." ((in 7 reviews)); "Some managers are abusive of employees and HR looks the other way." ((in 5 reviews)); "Horrible/ dishonest upper management, filled with “yes” men, bad culture, entrenched VPs who constantly play favorites and zero IT support." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Veeco Instruments layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Veeco Instruments layoffs and their outlook for job security at Veeco Instruments in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Veeco Instruments locations?

Somerset , Plainview , San Jose , Horsham , Santa Barbara , Saint Paul , Fremont , New York , Elizabeth , Jersey City , New Brunswick , Boise , Kingston , Napanoch , Chandler , Gilbert , Minneapolis , Fresno , Santa Clara , Goleta , Fort Collins , Allentown , Philadelphia , Fridley , Bergen , Germany , Horsham Terrace

Veeco Instruments reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

William J. Miller

69% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

39 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

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3.0

May 20, 2020

Could be a great company, after it cuts all the useless management.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, fair pay and good people. The smart people in this company is the only thing that keeps it in business. Managers should should not take credit for this as they haven't earned it.

Cons

Poor management is rampant at Veeco, it prevents great people from working to their best potential. Cut the fat and let the smart people do the work. Managers often get in the way of the people who actually need to do the work. In many cases the managers are completely redundant!

Veeco Instruments Response

6y

Thanks for posting a review of your experience at Veeco. Your comments about your view of management are concerning and tough to read. We want to improve, and we'd like your help to that - but we need to know a little more so we can work to make things better. There are a few ways we can do this. First, I'm happy to talk with you. I can be reached at (516) 714-1202 or at bwright@veeco.com. You can also contact Bob Bradshaw directly (he's also aware of this review). Or if you'd like to remain anonymous, you can use our Veeco Hotline (by telephone or online): within the U.S.: Dial 888‐419‐0572 or you can go to veeco.alertline.com in your browser. We hope to hear from you. Best, Brenden

4.0

Oct 30, 2018

Accountant

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance, bonus plan, excellent industry

Cons

Let go of a lot of upper management. Communication issues

1.0

Mar 27, 2017

Worst workplace due to deceitful VPs, clueless senior management and negative morale

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Technology that is dying due to resignations of all the amazing technology guys. Good Engineers that are resigning every week due to zero bonus, negative growth (promotions and then demotions due to reorg) and 60+ hours work week.

Cons

Worst workplace I have ever worked for. This company is full of greedy, arrogant VPs who are continuously lying to senior management regarding market share, product performance, competitive scenario, customer feedback etc. just to keep their job safe. Huge investments and failures with ALD (Freemont Acquisition), Power Electronics, PSP (Horsham Acquisition) are clear example of that clueless-ness of Senior Management and deceitful nature of VPs/ GMs. Candidates should think 1,000 times before joining this wannabe Semiconductor company in East Coast. In the beginning, It may offer good salary to grab talents from Silicon Valley but then employees get stuck with incompetent management, zero bonus, constant fear of lay offs and negative morale. 3 big lay offs in last 6 months, 30+ resignations in last 3 months and multiple rejected offers are clear example of the ugly situation at Veeco. Read all the reviews on Glassdoor (except fake ones), talk to past employees before joining this company and if you have already joined this deathbed then try to run as fast as you can and as quickly as you can !

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