Good to start with but not fit for further career development - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
26 Mar 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Advanced technologies and you can learn a lot here

Cons

Too much politics, bad work-life balance, low paid in bay area, hard to get promotion. And the company now is taking more energy on finance and publicity. Poor tech R&D gets less and less support and funding. Technology is the most important key to lead in the field. But AMAT gets lost.

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good company , benefits , lots of room for growth

Cons

Slow changes , tech related software on the IT side are very old.

4.0
25 Jun 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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