Okay Place to work. - Product Development Engineer KLA Employee Review

2.0
24 June 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smart People. Worked with one of the most brilliant minds out there in semiconductor equipment industry. - Leading Edge Technology - Better Job Security than other companies. - Challenging Environment

Cons

- Prepare to put in long hours - No career growth. If you do not hold a PhD it will take you forever to get promoted even with receiving high performance reviews each year. - Extreme low pay for the amount of work you have to put in. Other companies were paying 40% more for the same job. Have seen plenty of new grads leaving for something better within a few years. - Alot of old-timers. Do not hire that many fresh blood to help bring in new ideas and morale.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
5 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you’re looking for a place where accountability doesn’t exist and you can do the bare minimum while getting paid maximum overtime, this is your spot. No approval needed, no questions asked—just stay late, watch YouTube, and collect your paycheck (plus free food if you linger long enough). Weekends are basically a free-for-all since the people who are supposed to supervise are either absent or the worst offenders.

Cons

This place is what happens when a parent company buys a smaller one and then completely forgets it exists. There is zero meaningful oversight. Management knows exactly what’s going on—they just don’t care as long as quotas are eventually met. Efficiency, integrity, and actual productivity mean nothing here. Documentation is either nonexistent or completely useless, full of errors and missing critical information. Parts are constantly missing, and instead of fixing the system, people exploit it to justify delays and stretch their hours. The entire operation rewards time-wasting over competence. The culture actively punishes anyone who tries to work a normal, honest 8-hour day. Want recognition or a raise? Better start padding your hours. The more time you burn, the more management “appreciates” you. It’s not about results—it’s about how long you can pretend to be working. Managers, being salaried, conveniently disappear when it matters most—nights and weekends—while turning a blind eye to the dysfunction they fully understand. Leadership isn’t absent by accident; it’s absent by choice.

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