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?

"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 319 reviews)); "Benefits are good and Korea internal co workers are good" ((in 314 reviews)); "Good pay and stock/retirement options." ((in 211 reviews)); "only salary is good mangament is worrest" ((in 141 reviews)); "Good work culture and inclusiveness" ((in 85 reviews))

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

"No credit for engineers who do the work but there are too many managers taking the credit just by talking." ((in 108 reviews)); "Long hours and getting longer as more people are laid off to get Executive management their bonuses." ((in 76 reviews)); "working in a very cyclical industry and the company had too many reorganizations and layoffs." ((in 72 reviews)); "No training at all throw you in learn as you go" ((in 37 reviews)); "The CTO upper management added in the past year or so has made the organization very unfocused and internally paranoid due to lack of any real communication." ((in 34 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

(4,561 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 4,561 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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2.0

May 9, 2024

No more WFH benefit. Bad culture

Supply chain

Recommend

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Pros

Good colleagues and team. Good learning opportunity as a stepping stone

Cons

- Company CEO removed hybrid work suddenly, not even allowing 1 day WFH. Ignoring employee well-being and inclusion. - says that company still offer great flexibility for those who can WFH. But if the company policy is 100% onsite, will mgrs even allow WFH? A big NO. - company future way of work is hotdesking but requires 100% onsite? How is this possible? Clearly, ignornant about where everyone’s gonna sit. Throwing everyone to fight and scramble for a seat. How is this a good company culture and conducive environment? - Higher management not listening to the voices on ground. Having hybrid work is the greatest flexibility applied can provide. - politics between cross functional team. - management always going back on their words and directives (eg. implementing WFH hybrid but decided to take back, stating project deadline but decided to expedite for sooner closure)

1.0

May 5, 2020

You grow based on who you know not based on what and how you do your job

It solutions manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Established company with less new entrants in the market. Decent pay and benefits in Texas

Cons

Friends and family of senior IT leadership get the job and promotions even if they are from non IT or don’t even contribute. It depends on who you know Vendors are selected based on kickbacks they can give to managers through offshore channels or hire their family members as contractors. Nepotism @ it’s best in IT Never file an ombudsman complain for ethical issues with your name as the filer. Your life will become hell in and out of the company and you can never go back. Basically HR and ombuds act like fixers for management and do not care about employees. All this is about their IT group, other groups I cannot comment on

2.0

Apr 16, 2019

Culture:Male driven

Engineering technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and salary are above average.

Cons

In the Engineering Technician role, I found being a woman was a very big disadvantage. Women are invisible and push aside. And if you put a complain of sexual discrimination by other coworkers of supervisors, you have placed an expiration date on your job position with the company. If I wasn’t sexually discriminated, I was sexually harassed.

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