Shutdown and layoff are the norm
Shutdown and layoff are the norm
Major office and labs are in California. What bad can you say about California? Oh, and their layoff package is also nice. So if you join the company with a mindset that you want to be laid off, Applied Materials is THE ONE.
Shutdown and layoff multiple times EVERY year since 2012. Take this year (2015) for example; there were shutdowns in July and September, and probably another 2-week shutdown at Christmas. What about layoffs? It's a continuous process, so it's even harder to quantify, but CMP had a layoff of 20% in summer 2015.
What about management? Well, if you read my comments above, what do you expect from them?
Using AMAT's working term, we need to do some "purging" on the management level.
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