Applied Materials

1. Good starting salary and benefits.
2. Good if you are hired as a manager. Enjoy with no accountability.
3. Very easy work/task. Just do what your co-workers in the US say to do.
4. Good for contractors, as in some groups, they are given more respect than full-time employees, at least in the India office.
5. Can enjoy at least two trips per year to the US/Singapore.
6. Good work-life balance.

1. Not much learning. Technology and domain knowledge are of no use in India for a Mechanical Engineer, at least.

2. Same type of work for all career bands. A 1-year and a 6-year experienced engineer are doing the same work.

3. Managers are just for doing yearly appraisals and approving your expense reports and bills. They (in the India office) are not technically suited for design work (whatever little you do). Engineers don't get any input from them. They just advise to do what your co-workers in the US ask you to do. Some of them are PhDs, but that's of no use in India. They are good for research that never happens in the India office.

4. After you work here for a long time, you can't get a job outside easily. You need to brush up your basics, as this high-tech company is only good if you are a manager.

5. In some teams, it's possible that you can work under a contractor, or a contractor can assign you work.

Have some good managers who understand design. No PhD is needed in the India office.