Applied Materials reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,567 total reviews)
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Gary Dickerson

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Applied Materials has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,567 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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5K reviews
3.0
Dec 5, 2025

Bloated bureaucracy

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Pros

Not the worst at least in terms of benefits, ok job security in this field

Cons

Even after this most recent round of RIF, still way too many VPs, Managing Directors, Senior Directors eating up most of the budget and just sit in meetings to assign their subordinate more work. Not enough resources towards engineers who actually do the work. Why would you need 5 levels of VP in your hierarchy, that means you got it wrong. You only need 1 decision maker, not 5.

4.0
Dec 5, 2025

Good pay

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good pay, all, and insurance

Cons

WlB is not good, on call

3.0
Dec 4, 2025

Overall good

Anonymous employee
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Pros

supportive manager nice colleagues cheap food

Cons

too many meetings at night

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