A great place to work if you are willing to go with the flow and not think outside the box - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
25 Apr 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Money is decent even if performance is mediocre; good networking opportunities; very involved in community service

Cons

getting mindshare for creative ideas that are not part of the "Applied way" is extremely difficult, and impossible if customers are not one of the top 3-5 in the industry

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Cons

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