DOn't care about their people - Anonymous employee Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
Sep 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good pay and good benefits. Co-workers were like family!

Cons

Management does not care about people in the field. More worried about labor cost than employee wellbeing. Mandatory review curve, 5% have to be on the bottom. Pay raises average 2% which is not up to the industry standard. Many people leaving company because of pay and lack of job satisfaction.

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