Pros: Nice colleagues Work in scrum teams Flexible working hours Combination remote-office work Fitness studio compensation 60Euros of pluxis in a month 30 day vacation

Cons: Stressful at release time High work load lately New contract with mandatory overtime (on business reason) and on call duties. Both with unclear rates and conditions not mentioned in the contract.

Pros: Opportunity to travel extensively especially on short notice. Free coffee and tea in the breakrooms. Decent fitness centers on the San Jose and Milpitas campuses.

Cons: KLA Tencor used to be a great place to work but has gone downhill for years. There is little to no appreciation for hard work and long hours. Air travel is in coach class only, even internationally. There are unreasonable workloads and tight schedules throughout the company with little regard for quality. Cheaper is better, meaning offshoring is where KLA Tencor is headed. It is doubtful there will be a significant presence in the US in the not too distant future.

Pros: Working at KLA-Tencor definitely provides many unique and challenging problems that will keep many people engaged in the day-to-day work. If you have an engineering background (especially electrical) and you are now doing software development you'll be glad for the engineering background! If you (a software engineer/developer) love machine control or algorithms development then this is the place for you.

Cons: Sometimes the software seems like a "necessary evil." KLA-Tencor (KT) is definitely in the business of developing and manufacturing tools. Someone looking for the ideal "software developer" job may be left wanting more. The focus is on the tool and developing the software necessary for operating the tool and producing results with the data gathered by the tool.