Applied Materials Reviews

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Equal opportunity for all
High on mutual trust and respect
Very high on integrity and ethics

Cons – Highly US centric
Limited local Autonomy
Very low Customer base in. India

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Applied Materials full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – * Estimates are respected. Good work life balance (at least as of 2010 it existed)
* Work From Home facility and flexible working hours
* Opportunities to interact with colleagues/customers from multiple geographical locations

Cons – * Frankly not a company for Software Engineers. Software divisions are very neglected in the company. From pay, bonuses to team outings, Software Engineers (and also Software Engineering managers) are treated like 2nd grade citizens.
 * Very poor growth: One level-up costs you many years. Change only in designation, literally no change in role. Applied Materials recruited high-calibre people (people from premier instituties like IIT, BITS, NITs etc) during 2005, 2006 and 2007 for it's Automation Products division. In a matter for few years, all (I repeat, all) of them left the company for the same reason: lack of growth.
* Poor pay compared to rest of the software industry. We were always told that "Applied Materials is a very good payer, we stand at 90% percentile..." - but unfortunately that statement was made based on comparison with just a few other companies that constitute only a very small fraction of already-small semi-conductor industry.

Advice to Senior Management – * If you ever think software is an integral part of your company, pay some attention to software divisions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You can learn lot of technical stuff

Cons – No growth as this is a product base company and not too much products and no new initiatives.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Applied Materials

Pros – good company, nice work culture, overall satisfied with AMAT.
Compensation provided is good as well.

Cons – less interaction within different teams

Advice to Senior Management – participate more in team building activities

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good People to work with.

Cons – too much focus on engineering results in neglecting other areas of improvements.

Advice to Senior Management – Get more involved with lower management to understand employees.

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than a year

Pros – Interesting and smart technical skills to learn

Cons – unorganised upper management.
hard work sometimes not rewarding.

Advice to Senior Management – work life balance of the engineers on field, should be taken care more

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Opportunity to work on leading edge technology of today and to contribute in creating technology of tomorrow in the area of semiconductor manufacturing and related domains
- Global exposure
- Working closely with customer and their priorities

Cons – - Not a paymaster
- Specialized field with very few noticeable player in market so skills learnt may not be trnasferrable

Advice to Senior Management – To focus on strategy that can grow company, have implication on market share gain and ultimately our stocks get valued better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1) avg salary according to market standards
2) good work in technical terms
3) work life balance

Cons – no onsite opportunity within the company
slow growth

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Applied Materials full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1) Convenient work time.
2) Process oriented
3) Well trained mangers with decency...
4) Only one thump rule no escalation of work ..

Cons – If implemented in all teams would have made best company to work in india.

Advice to Senior Management – Some managers are people oriented, mangers being people oriented shall be rectified.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Applied Materials full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice working environment, superb culture.

Cons – There is nothing specific for this column.

Advice to Senior Management – There is nothing specific for this column.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend