Excellent place to work! - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

5.0
25 Jul 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great work atmosphere, people are very knowledgeable and hard working. Very motivated environment. Some of the people I work with make it a very fun place to work at.

Cons

Business cyclical nature as with any other Semi industry. This is no different that most other industries out there. Recessions and extreme downturns and upturns are a regularity these days.

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good company , benefits , lots of room for growth

Cons

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4.0
25 Jun 2026
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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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