Don't dedicate your life to a company as disloyal as KLA-Tencor - Anonymous employee KLA Employee Review

2.0
Sep 21, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There's always a lot of work to do, even if it is without purpose.

Cons

I reported sexual harassment and illegal working conditions to HR. Next thing you know I'm put on a 'performance improvement plan with no legitimate reasoning. One of the core values of KLA-Tencor is Honest Forthright and Consistent. I fail to see that in upper management and it seems like a huge joke to keep employees in line. KLA-Tencor hires mainly foreigners so they are desperate to keep their job to stay in the US and will do anything to make sure that happens, even if it means working 24/7. People are generally miserable.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 5, 2026
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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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