Applied Materials is a great company (all things considered)! - Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
Feb 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Get to work in the state-of-art, high technology area of semiconductors processing. Well regarded and No.1 company in the industry. Interesting, technically challenging work. Great colleagues, employees, great diversity, representing culture, nationalities and universities.

Cons

Cyclical business leading to work-force reduction every 2-3 years. Could be stressful or long hours, depending on the position. Many cases hurry-hurry wait-wait situation. To a small extent sometimes needless bureaucracy.

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5.0
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Pros

Friendliness Stock Purchase Benefits Culture Development

Cons

Hours Schedule Flexibility Relocation Salary

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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