ASML reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,084 total reviews)
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Christophe Fouquet

74% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

ASML has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The ASML employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Jan 15, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The machines we build are truly stuff of science fiction. And being the only feasible provider of EUV-based photo-lithography in the world doesn't hurt either. If you're bright, driven, and don't mind the super-fast pace - then you can have a bright future, with good benefits. HR is overall very good - lots of employee events, and community outreach as well

Cons

Too many projects, not enough time, and a mistaken belief that more employees lead to faster development. This combined with extremely aggressive program managers leads to over-worked and stressed engineers. Another issue is the inefficiencies of working here - tons of meetings, emails, leaving one with not enough time to get actual work done. What's more, this is a very process-heavy organization. While there are improvements being made to automate some of these, it will be a long time before working here becomes less than a painful exercise. Finally, there are far too many ASML-specific guidelines for software development (from coding standards, language use, architecture), which lead to a long learning curve, and many non-transferable skills.

2.0
Jan 14, 2019

Bad HR - Lacks integrity

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good technology - Veldoven is a calm place

Cons

Bad HR - Lacks integrity. If you apply for a job in ASML, the ASML HRs will intimate your current employer (through their HR network) and you will be neither here nor there.

2.0
Aug 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ever evolving technology. When you realize you are working in a building and for a company that is pushing the extreme margins of scientific research in all aspects; very humbling to be a part of this experience. Lot's of opportunity to work with many smart and brilliant individuals in this industry. More of the recent hires have relevant backgrounds and technical degrees to back that up. Continued company growth gives a sense of stability even though it's on the peak phase. Bonus program that's fair as compared to other companies in a similar field.

Cons

Cube farm. This is the worst expansion plan ever put together. Fast paced environment that at times seem fabricated to appear as such. Having a track record of proven success in your field is a curse be it the reason you were hired for the position. You come in thinking about the value you could provide and how excited you are to work with veterans hoping to learn the ropes, better understand the company politics and dynamics. As you settle into your role and after a month, a look and sense of overwhelming fear and panic would come across the face and body expressions of some “managers” – most of their titles, titular. In group settings, conference calls and team meetings it would begin. You would say something innovative that many in the room would agree with, and then you’d quickly be silenced. Then a “manager” would take the “stage” and begin spewing off a bunch of nonsense that he/she and everyone else around us knew was proverbial B.S. Gen Xers and Baby Boomers come to a workplace now filled with people that are in the same age range of their children. As such, they tend to take on a condescending, elitist attitude as if these “kids” couldn’t possibly know more than them. At the same time, in the back of their mind, they know that in many respects these kids know tremendously more than them. In the business world, Millennials are in many ways better suited to lead than their older counterparts. Why? The reason is simple. Millennials value authenticity. They know that shoving a boring, self-serving agenda down the consumers’ and suppliers’ throats won’t work, so they’re better suited to tell it like it is and find digestible business solutions.

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