ASML reviews

For a SW engineer: - lots of maintenance work - very time consuming development process. It may take you a few weeks to get all the approvals to commit a 50-line code patch - A lot of documentation around the code: design specification, test specification, etc. Even for small code changes. - You are likely decreasing your employablity chances,in the outside world, as ASML often uses outdated SW technologies - Line management is not very concerned to motivate the employees and find the best fit job for them long-term. Rather, put them to solve some hot problem at hand.

Management is always absent yet also overbearing. They never care when you do well and will always find a way not to give a raise and give out a poor review. This has led to the loss of a few really excellent people. During the quarantine, all office people worked from home but anyone in the fab was left to do things just the same. ASML never did anything to help us. We never received support for disinfecting work areas. We never had social distancing even in the subfab, outside of the gown. We never even received acknowledgement for coming into work during this time. Office people received a special billing code for working from home that was "if your kid bugs you, clock the hour and get paid." When our customer's fab gave out a bonus to anyone who still worked onsite, ASML did NOTHING for their working people. I have never felt so expendable. The pay is not worth it. Most other tech companies pay the same. They would rather work you to death.