Don't stay for too long or you'll become a dinosaur unless you're a process technologist - Business Operations Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
17 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

salary, people, parking, travel, multi-cultural

Cons

Late nights and early mornings. Most of business is in Asia, Politics and Outdated IT technology. Lots of older folks. Lots of hand-holding, Highs and lows of semiconductors

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Pros

Friendliness Stock Purchase Benefits Culture Development

Cons

Hours Schedule Flexibility Relocation Salary

4.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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