New to Applied Materials. formerly Varian Semiconductor Equipment - Member Of Technical Staff Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
10 Nov 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Need more time to form opinion, just converted from contractor to direct. Was able to make big impact by solving difficult field problems.

Cons

Need more time to form an opinion, just converted from contractor to direct. Need to update documentation system and quality reporting system. Many problems remain hidden due to complex nature of semiconductor tool and way to search different FRU's for common errors

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Cons

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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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