Does Applied Materials pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Applied Materials employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Applied Materials. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Applied Materials?

78% of Applied Materials employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Applied Materials 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Applied Materials?

Process Engineer (199) , Customer Engineer (166) , Software Engineer (161) , Engineering Technician (102) , Engineer (95) , Mechanical Engineer (89) , Manufacturing Technician (79) , Customer Engineer II (77) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , Project Manager (68) , Applications Engineer (64) , Manufacturing Engineer (62) , Process Support Engineer (56) , Intern (47) , Technician (47)

What are the pros of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and Korea internal co workers are good" ((in 306 reviews)); "Worked in one of the most advanced companies in the Austin Texas area Well paid doesn't require high education great people to work with" ((in 305 reviews)); "Overall it's good and work life balance" ((in 289 reviews)); "Good pay and industry leader" ((in 211 reviews)); "only salary is good mangament is worrest" ((in 145 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Applied Materials according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and getting longer as more people are laid off to get Executive management their bonuses." ((in 78 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs hurt morale." ((in 73 reviews)); "No training at all throw you in learn as you go" ((in 32 reviews)); "Everyone is afraid of senior management." ((in 23 reviews)); "Possible favoritism due to the knowledge of Mandarin language." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Applied Materials layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Applied Materials layoffs and their outlook for job security at Applied Materials in 2026.

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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,560 total reviews)

Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,560 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Materials employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0

Jan 5, 2009

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Project manager

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Pros

Applpied Materials is a great company to work for. The people or nice and very respectful. Their salary compensation is very competitive and some what better then most company.

Cons

You have to move around and work really hard to get notice that you are a great worker. Getting promotion is like climbing the rocky mountain. Hoping one of the rock to fall off or move out before you can get to that spot.

4.0

Jan 1, 2009

Too many VPs, Work organization not direct. No one responsible.

Senior manager

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Pros

Good bunch of people. Can do attitude. All work hard to get the job done.

Cons

Very high stress. No straight line organization for decision making. Too many matrix levels. Too many VPs, all want to manage, but no one wants to be responsible. When good news comes, VPs waits in line to take turn in gloating. When bad news comes, they all points fingers at each other or just MIA. Decisions are made at levels too high, due to lack of direct responsibilities, to actually see whats going on at the front line.

3.0

Jan 1, 2009

amat is not the company I hired on with years ago.

Customer engineer iii

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Pros

Having access to the technology at amat is a wonderful thing.

Cons

amat continues to take away things like the car allowance, and overtime for anything over 8 hours a day. This would have been fine, except these were some of the things promised when I took the job years ago.

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