Mostly Good - Mechanical Design Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
13 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Dynamic and interesting industry. Generally good people to work with especially at mid and lower levels. Decent job security.

Cons

With "Flexible Time Off" coworkers don't take time off which dis-incentivizes others from doing so. They took away hybrid work schedule w/ no real justification. Come to find out that upper management didn't trust us to work from home, so instead they forced us into cubicles 5 days a week...

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5.0
8 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with. Decent work life balance. Easy to find colleagues who have been here for more than 15 yrs at this company.

Cons

Low pay package as compared to other companies. Company does not spends money on latest technology.

2.0
8 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, I was compensated very well, the I hated working there so much that I resigned without anything even lined up. It was a good move for my mental health.

Cons

The leadership in general are not very intelligent, disorganized, and uncommunicative. They were decades behind in certain areas that lead to massive inefficiencies and overwork. (Out of respect I will not be specific). I suggested an improvement that would have taken task time down from 8 hours to virtually real time, but the executive Team, in their arrogance, did not allow me to implement the system. Sometime later, the cumbersome, unreliable system was not working and a deadline approaching. I worked 20 hours per day for 7 days and built an entire real time reporting system - then resigned. No one at AMAT was ever helpful. It always seemed an inconvenience to give a colleague outside ones group the time of day. I gained absolutely ZERO new skills or professional development at AMAT all my time there. Many of the employees at the time, including senior management, felt free to publicly express invectives against the current POTUS in their suffering TDS. Another reason I could not work in the environment. Rules for thee and not for me.

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