ASM reviews

2.5

25% would recommend to a friend

(542 total reviews)
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Hichem M.Saad

16% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

ASM has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 542 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ASM employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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542 reviews
1.0
May 12, 2019

Vacation is not what you expect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing positive to say about ASM's vacation policy.

Cons

As a new employee, ASM gave me what I thought was a generous 2 weeks of vacation with an additional 1 week of flex time. Little did I know the company has mandatory plant closings 14 days out of the year. Either you use your vacation and flex time during these times, or you are not paid. This leaves me 1 whole day to use when I want. Ridiculous. On top of that, I have heard from others that you can plan vacation months in advance, only for the company to reject your time off, stating priority business needs.

4.0
Aug 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Some very smart technical people work at ASM - Great technology in epi and ALD

Cons

- Management style is old and most of middle managers are very incompetent - If you are not Asian, you are NOT very welcome to join process team. - Very political environment - No transparency, everybody hides his work like they are working on a billion dollar technology! - Office spaces are old and in really bad shape - There is very limited learning opportunity - Micromanagement

1.0
Jan 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It’s in growing area of semiconductor technology

Cons

Toxic work culture created by management, bad behavior of managers, culture of threat and retaliation, employees given PIP without valid performance reason but to cut the bonus and salary so that managers can get their bonuses. Incompetent managers get promotion; managers have no clue about customer requirements. HR non-existent as toxic and threat work culture complaints not addressed. Think many times before joining this company, life will be stressful not because of work but company work culture.

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ASM Response
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We value your perspective, so thank you for letting us know about your experiences at ASM. We take every opportunity to improve our organization, and your comments and insights are crucial to helping us achieve this.
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