Bad management, culture and politics - Process Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good lunch options and some good coworkers.

Cons

Bad company culture and very top heavy, and managers are constantly taking credit for ICs work. Bloated R&D budgets where people take advantage of the system, people waste money or give it away to friends or themselves. No work life balance, no opportunities for growth and poor pay for how many hours salaried employees end up working. People expected to get on calls at 9pm and wake up for 6am meetings the next morning. Do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time here.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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