Does Applied Materials pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Applied Materials employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Applied Materials. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Applied Materials?

78% of Applied Materials employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Applied Materials 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Applied Materials?

Process Engineer (199) , Customer Engineer (166) , Software Engineer (161) , Engineering Technician (102) , Engineer (95) , Mechanical Engineer (89) , Manufacturing Technician (79) , Customer Engineer II (77) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , Project Manager (68) , Applications Engineer (64) , Manufacturing Engineer (63) , Process Support Engineer (57) , Intern (47) , Technician (47)

What are the pros of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Worked in one of the most advanced companies in the Austin Texas area Well paid doesn't require high education great people to work with" ((in 317 reviews)); "Benefits are good and Korea internal co workers are good" ((in 304 reviews)); "Good pay and stock/retirement options." ((in 205 reviews)); "only salary is good mangament is worrest" ((in 146 reviews)); "Colleagues are friendly and easy to get along with" ((in 92 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"No credit for engineers who do the work but there are too many managers taking the credit just by talking." ((in 113 reviews)); "Long hours and getting longer as more people are laid off to get Executive management their bonuses." ((in 77 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs hurt morale." ((in 76 reviews)); "Everyone is afraid of senior management." ((in 25 reviews)); "Too much drama and favoritism ." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Applied Materials layoffs in 2026?

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

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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,567 total reviews)

Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Materials employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews

1.0

Apr 7, 2010

Good for new college graduate, but not for long term career growth

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Many different divisions, technologies, job functions, relative easy to move to different jobs within the company

Cons

Long hour, stressful cyclic industry; no career advancement if you want work life balance; too much politics at higher management level; bureaucratic; use highly educated engineer as technician

4.0

Apr 7, 2010

Applied Materials is not a bad place, just dont expect job security or pay raises.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great benefits, great time off, good pay, and a good name to work for. The engineers that work for the company are actually very intelligent not only on the machines serviced, but very smart overall in electronics, and electronic troubleshooting. Attention to detail is something everyone shared. That was and still is a good advantage that Applied Materials has over other competitors.

Cons

Room for growth is hard to come by unless you fit in a certain group. It really is a networking style of friendship. Its who you know that gets you there. Layoffs have happened but does not seem fair as the little guy gets shoved off while the top fellas are making millions and the company still reaps millions. Tech support is in India which (no offense at all) is very hard to communicate with the folks over there and in turn causes more downtime on our end trying to get problems solved. Honestly, the good old days of great raises, company cars, etc.. are all gone and never coming back for the simple reason of pleasing stock holders and not the employees.

2.0

Apr 5, 2010

Over a decade of hard work ... sad to watch it crumble

Anonymous employee

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Really bright people Company name can get you in any door Original (Morgan, Bagley, Maydan) management had some great vision

Cons

Employees tend to battle each other Too frequent organization changes 50% of your time ends up being spent covering your backside

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Good for new college graduate, but not for long term career growth

Applied Materials is not a bad place, just dont expect job security or pay raises.

Over a decade of hard work ... sad to watch it crumble

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