Brief Review of Applied Materials in Current Business Climate
Pros
Autonomy is encouraged in the workload management of job responsibilities to support the needs of the customers and internal businesses. Good opportunities to be successful in team environments and as individual contributors.
Cons
Senior management continues to preach the need to retain key talent to remain competitive in multiple markets, but does not appreciate or understand the value of the resources (employees) necessary to sustain margins in existent programs or capture new business opportunities. Key personnel voluntarily separate or are involuntarily discharged without regard by management of the immediate or long-term impacts from these decisions. Negative employee morale is a residual from the loss of these resources and creates an environment of mistrust and suspicion.