Ask Hiring Manager about 6 day weeks - Engineering Technician Applied Materials Employee Review

3.0
Feb 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits. Overtime. Vacation & sick time. You will need it. It’s a great company to have on your resume. From the outside looking in, it’s a great company. Supervisors are (typically) right in the trenches with you, every day/night. Middle Managers are understanding.

Cons

1. Well, you WILL work 6 days per week. Some of the buildings on Austin’s campus will only do 6 day weeks for “end of quarter” times of the year. This is understandable. However, Other buildings? Oh, it’s year round 6 day weeks. I am not joking. They have a hard time retaining people. People get fed up. 2. Don’t do night shift. 10% differential may sound like a lot, but it just isn’t. Especially if you have wife and kids. I’ve done 6 days on their morning and night shifts, respectfully. 6 day morning shift is OKAY, if your commute is good. 6 day night shift is a NIGHTMARE. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Your family will complain. I wouldn’t even recommend night shift for single people, because who wants to be single forever?

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5.0
May 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good company , benefits , lots of room for growth

Cons

Slow changes , tech related software on the IT side are very old.

2.0
Apr 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Salary, I was compensated very well, the I hated working there so much that I resigned without anything even lined up. It was a good move for my mental health.

Cons

The leadership in general are not very intelligent, disorganized, and uncommunicative. They were decades behind in certain areas that lead to massive inefficiencies and overwork. (Out of respect I will not be specific). I suggested an improvement that would have taken task time down from 8 hours to virtually real time, but the executive Team, in their arrogance, did not allow me to implement the system. Sometime later, the cumbersome, unreliable system was not working and a deadline approaching. I worked 20 hours per day for 7 days and built an entire real time reporting system - then resigned. No one at AMAT was ever helpful. It always seemed an inconvenience to give a colleague outside ones group the time of day. I gained absolutely ZERO new skills or professional development at AMAT all my time there. Many of the employees at the time, including senior management, felt free to publicly express invectives against the current POTUS in their suffering TDS. Another reason I could not work in the environment. Rules for thee and not for me.

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