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      Ramp up to 21st century - Sr Director Strategic Marketing Applied Materials Employee Review

      3.0
      18 Feb 2025
      Sr director strategic marketing
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      1. Very strong STEM-based workforce - Materials Science, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. 2. Most BU leaders have Ph.Ds. Strong technical leadership and therefore, unlikely to crumble like Intel in the next 10-15 years.

      Cons

      1. Workforce dominated by lifers with 20-30 years at Applied or the semiconductor capital equipment industry . Some are literally fossils holding on to their jobs with no innovative thinking and flag-bearers of naysaying. 2. Prescriptive culture and sheltered existence resulting in shockingly poor business acumen demonstrated even at Sr. Director levels. 3. Rampant politics and quid pro quo culture are definitely hurting gross margins.

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      5.0
      27 May 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good company , benefits , lots of room for growth

      Cons

      Slow changes , tech related software on the IT side are very old.

      4.0
      25 Jun 2026
      Electrical engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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