Good Company but Not Perfect - Engineering Technician II Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
5 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing benefits such as life insurance, short and long term disability, 401k match, stock discounts, generous PTO and Sick time (2 separate balances of hours to use) and if you like cutting edge it's interesting to learn about how microprocessors are built.

Cons

Promotion opportunities are infrequent and once you're in the company they only give you a 2% annual raise. You can promote "tiers" or "ranks" for a larger raise but they try to stifle financial growth as much as possible making job hopping seem a better option than company loyalty. I've seen people with less industry experience hire in at nearly 40% higher pay than someone who stuck with the company and tried to promote from within.

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5.0
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Pros

Friendliness Stock Purchase Benefits Culture Development

Cons

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4.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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