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Needs new direction

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Applied Materials for less than 1 year
December 22, 2009
2.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good pay.

Good benefits.

Lots of great people.

Cons

Seems like more and more jobs are moving to India, Singapore, and China.

Applied is selling itself and the American economy to the governments of the world to make the solar market profitable.

Lots of hypocrisy surrounding the solar and "green" initiatives.

Management cannot seem to make difficult decisions to make the company profitable again.

Advice to Management

Reorganize. Get lean and mean and focus on achieving manageable goals.

FOCUS Waiting for all the top performers to leave to reduce cost is not a cost reduction strategy.

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