Toxic Culture - Material Handler Applied Materials Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, Holidays, You can show up to work whenever and leave whenever because there is no form of supervision on the floor.

Cons

There is no manager. There is someone hired as the manager but they are rarely on site. Coworkers can lie to HR without any evidence and just will go through. It has happened to at least 4 people who I know. You can just come at whatever time you want and take as many breaks as you want without any form of write up or warning. People show up 30-45 minutes late, take double the time for lunch and leave half an hour early. Somehow these people get overtime EVERY pay period. Its quite the mystery how, maybe something to do with nepotism and or favoritism. There is no expectation on your job performance. People make mistakes constantly and we were not able to tell them they did something wrong so the person will make the same error daily. Nepotism. There are a ton of families working here all over the campus and at all levels of the organization . That means if you are not family you probably won't get promoted or a higher position.

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1.0
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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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