ASML reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,085 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 3,085 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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5.0
Aug 11, 2014
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Pros

i had the chance to work with some of the smartest people on the planet, and was made better for it. There is nothing like working at a major semiconductor manufacturer R&D facility, where the engineers and scientists were working with our machines to produce cutting edge semiconductor designs and processes. Hours were long, but very busy. People were great!. Growth is unlimited. Benefits were outstanding.

Cons

Some really long hours (but well compensated!).

4.0
Jun 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For any technical background there is a job at ASML. Projects are ranging from sensor physics, to imaging optics to plasma physics. Here physicists, chemists, material scientists, electrical, mechanical and optical engineers are working together on numerous fascinating projects to build next generation lithography scanners for semiconductors industry. Matrix, rather than hierarchical structure of the company, ensures efficient interaction between managers and tech people and the boundaries between traditional managers and technical project leads are usually very blurry. In it's core ASML is a pure R&D company that develops and integrates the most recent technologies in the the most advanced lithography equipment in the world. As I'm concerned, you can never get bored at ASML by doing exactly the same job again and again. With my natural interest in science and technology, ASML projects always makes my brain ticking.

Cons

Financial rewards are bound to the collective employee agreement, which means that by staying at ASML, the salary will not grow very fast. If you were an engineer at ASML, the search for another job within the industry poses a very peculiar question: "Am I a manager or an engineer". Unless you were involved in some of the competency branches within ASML (mechatronics, electronics, optical and imaging modelling), you know a little bit of everything, but not very good at anything in particular. In other words, you know that bicycle needs two wheels, frame, handlebar and a pair of cranks, but you have no experience in designing any of these components separately, even though you know how exactly to specify them.

4.0
Mar 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The technology is outstanding at ASML. People want to contribute at a high level. ASML as good training programs for learning the tools.

Cons

If you aren't Dutch, it can take some time to get used to the culture and get to know people. If you are going to spend any time in the Netherlands, I recommend learning Dutch. Even though the Dutch know English quite well, it helps the working relationship to know the language (same as in any other country).

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