Poor management and discrimination - Engineering Technician Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
27 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The only good thing was the pay, which was fair (until we found out the men who worked there for less time with fewer qualifications/experience were paid much more).

Cons

My manager was extremely sexist, saying derogatory things and treating men differently all the time. He would give them promotions and paid them ridiculously more than the girls who had been working doing a great job for years. Growth opportunities were far and few between, and there was no time and effort given into actually developing the technicians. Management expected advanced research projects with no guidance or resources, even though productivity did not take into account time spent on said projects. When I tried to go to upper management about the treatment, they said racist things and affirmed the sexist behavior. Altogether a terrible environment where I felt no support and was left traumatized.

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1.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

This is a company with a great future and overall many smart and talented work colleagues.

Cons

There are pockets of poorly managed teams and the Global Sourcing and Procurement Team is one of them. Working for GSP was a soul crushing experience. On a regular basis, I witnessed and experienced mobbing, gaslighting, bullying, senior leaders retaliating and weaponizing the 360 feedback program for their own personal gain, senior leaders taking credit for other peoples work, long tenured leaders abusing their relationships within HR, regular staff crying and people admitting to seeking professional help due to the toxic work environment…ptsd in GSP is real. And to top it off, Applied’s most senior leadership have known of these issues for years.

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