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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (4,560 total reviews)
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      Gary Dickerson

      86% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 4,560 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
      2.0
      Feb 2, 2009

      Applied Materials, every king must pass his crown....

      Member of technical staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Diverse work force, some of the people truly care and are wonderful to work with. Pays well with good benefits. Some managers support the telecommuting option which makes work/life balance great (others don't like it and make it painful for those that are using telecommuting). They make excellent quality products, but silicon business isn't what it used to be.

      Cons

      Senior management is very disconnected with employees and has no sense of reality of what is really going on day-to-day. Some managers aren't very flexible to work/life balance. Lots of double-standards, senior management expects everyone to cuts costs, but they themselves aren't about to trim a nickle and reduce their comfort level.

      1.0
      Jan 27, 2009

      Time for a change at Applied... 4 years of Splinter has produced zero in real returns to shareholders

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good benefits and overall compensation...

      Cons

      Senior management treats people as dispensable... in the current down turn, managment has chosen to keep it's luxury box at the HP Pavillion, it's Net Jets contract, and too continue to pay itself very generously. CEO - $9M, CFO $6M Also agree with other comments on organization structure and leadership... or really the lack of leadership. The CEO avoids all hard decisions and the CFO is a meglomaniac

      4.0
      Jan 21, 2009

      Applied Materials offers competitive workplace - slackers do not apply

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Applied offers educational allowances, if you have the time to take advantage of it. 2. Applied is well respected amongst its industry; vendors listen to you 3. Majority of the office workers and engineers are very intelligent which makes the place an incredibly competitive yet enlightening place to work in

      Cons

      1. Because majority of people are A-type personalities, there is a cut-throat culture. If you show any incompetence or lack of skills, you will be chewed up and thrown out 2. The most skilled and brightest executives are tyrants yet extremely successful at doing their jobs (excluding people management)

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