Good but has plateaued - Member Of Technical Staff Applied Materials Employee Review

2.0
15 Mar 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Leader in field; technology driven. Few, if no other company, has the technology that drives the semiconductor capital equipment industry, and this keeps the work exciting.

Cons

Mature industry with no potential for massive growth. You'd have to be lucky enough to work in a good product business group to be part of the excitement. Too many ups and downs -- layoffs are common.

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Cons

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1.0
27 June 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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