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      MKS Instruments

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      MKS Instruments reviews

      4.0

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (398 total reviews)
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      John T.C. Lee

      89% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

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      MKS Instruments has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 398 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MKS Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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      398 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 27, 2010

      mks instruments

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Company in general is alright. Group leaders are fairly decent. No time clocks, employees keep their own time, then verified by supervisor. g

      Cons

      Group leaders that I had ,did not have any knowledge of machinery that I had to operate. Company hires non experience people to do a skilled trade, without any knowledge of math,blueprint reading. Also not understanding the English language or speaking it. finally not having any knowledge of any measuring instruments that is required to perform the job.

      3.0
      Sep 11, 2008

      MKSI is OK if you'd sacrifice compensation and advancement for good experience.

      "engineer"
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      Pros

      Opportunities to learn all about the various facets of the business. MKS has a relatively flat organizational structure. This encourages interaction and communication between the various functional departments. It is a welcome alternative to mega companies and their job specializations. Job security is very high with MKS. This is a good and bad thing for the company. However, it's good for employees because it is a partial result of a lack of expectations. MKS wants to keep employees in their niche within the company without moving them on. This means that once an employee gains mastery over their current responsibilities, they are secure until they want to move on. A somewhat flexible office environment is also nice. Though to be honest, it's not much better than any typical engineering company.

      Cons

      It is no secret amongst employees that MKS pays on the low end of the scale. Employees typically begin their tenure in the ~25th percentile. This might seem fine except that MKS doesn't give raises based solely on performance. Therefore, if (and that's definitely a big "if") raises are available, everyone will likely get a nominal cost-of-living raise and that's about it. The employee then will never actually approach an average or above average base salary. Low employee expectations is also a negative. Though it breeds job security, it doesn't help a person retain satisfaction with their job. MKS does not expect growth, but rather competence.

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