Good learning, senior management is clueless - Senior Research Scientist Veeco Instruments Employee Review

3.0
26 Sept 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunities if you are smart Work life balance Decent pay for the area Good camaraderie

Cons

4 layoffs in 16 months Business is highly fluctuative Senior management constantly in flux

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5.0
1 Apr 2026
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Pros

Great work culture at veeco

Cons

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2.0
27 Apr 2026
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Pros

-Hiring seems egalitarian -The pay was fairly good -Occasional company lunches

Cons

-An endless parade of wasteful daily 30-minute meetings... two per day for some people -Very early hours are the norm; most employees start at 6:00-8:00 AM -The workforce is largely dull suburbanites, with 7-8 males for every female -The office has its fair share of unpleasant bully types. Rigid thinking and low education seem common as well. I suspect this is because Veeco has a big military recruitment program, and ever since it bought Ultratech (of San Jose, CA) back in 2017, MAGA types have become more common. It's probably no coincidence how in recent years, the San Jose branch's Glassdoor score has sunk down to near Veeco's national average.

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