Good place to work if you can accept that there is favortism to certain individuals. - Planner III Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
1 Aug 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Other than some managers, most employees are great to work with and are very helpful. Good team attitude between coworkers.

Cons

Some lower level managers are still in high school playing their little click games so if you're not part of their group you don't get recognized. These managers are also so intent on moving up the ladder that they forget they have people working for them and don't seem to be part of the "team".

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Strong place to start your career. If you do the Fusion Program you will learn a lot. Good training and benefits. Amazing Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Coworkers are smart and grounded people.

Cons

Stingy with salary, raises, and promotions. The engineer roles are broken up into Jr and Senior so the title progression goes Engineer I, I Sr, II, II Sr, etc which slows career progression and pay. Only the CA office gets extra pay due to the expense of living there, even if the MA office is expensive.

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