Not good company for career development . This review only applies to India office - Mechanical Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Good starting salary and benefits 2. Good if you are hired as a manager. Enjoy with no accountability. 2. Very easy work/ task ..just do what your co-workers in US say to do 3. Good for Contractors as in some groups they are given more respect than Full time employee at least in India office 4. can enjoy at least 2 trip per year to US/ Singapore 5.good work life balance

Cons

1. Not much learning.Technology and domain is of no use in India for Mechanical Engineer at least. 2. Same type of work for all career bands.. 1 year and 6 years exp. engineer doing same work 2. Managers are just for doing yearly appraisals and approving your expense reports and bills. They ( in India office) are not technically suited for Design work ( whatever little you do ). Engineers don't get any input from them . They just advice that do what your co-workers in US ask you to do .Some of them are PhD ..but that of no use in India..they are good for research that never happens in India office. 3. After you work here for long time you can't get a job outside easily, you need to brush up your basic as this High tech company only good if you are a manager 4. In some teams its possible that you can work under a contractor or a contractor can assign you work.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 8, 2026
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Pros

Salary, I was compensated very well, the I hated working there so much that I resigned without anything even lined up. It was a good move for my mental health.

Cons

The leadership in general are not very intelligent, disorganized, and uncommunicative. They were decades behind in certain areas that lead to massive inefficiencies and overwork. (Out of respect I will not be specific). I suggested an improvement that would have taken task time down from 8 hours to virtually real time, but the executive Team, in their arrogance, did not allow me to implement the system. Sometime later, the cumbersome, unreliable system was not working and a deadline approaching. I worked 20 hours per day for 7 days and built an entire real time reporting system - then resigned. No one at AMAT was ever helpful. It always seemed an inconvenience to give a colleague outside ones group the time of day. I gained absolutely ZERO new skills or professional development at AMAT all my time there. Many of the employees at the time, including senior management, felt free to publicly express invectives against the current POTUS in their suffering TDS. Another reason I could not work in the environment. Rules for thee and not for me.

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