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 Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Jun 28, 2014
Recommend
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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.

5.0
Jun 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good leadership Superior & peerless technological innovation leadership High morale & motivation Success driven system entrenched Open knowledge sharing Data driven culture Solid, broad yet in-depth organisation that delivers Low, flat & but very efficient hierarchy Collaborative team effort Zero micromanaging Fast & rapid idea, plan & action item execution Good employment benefits Flexible internal opportunity system Good training & mentorship and good career development Flexible working hours & days Valued & mutual respect for individuals No retrenchment/layoff. Good flexible model to handle downturn & protect permanent employees Zero politics

Cons

Stubbornly slow to change Tend to keep inefficient managers & engineers in lesser roles Very slow to reach key decision Individual & team role & responsibilities not clearly defined nor visible

4.0
Jun 27, 2014

mechanical designer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

helpful people, cutting edge technology, good work life balance.

Cons

very difficult to get hired directly, flex workers struggle with getting a carrer,very susceptible to market, unstable size of workforce.

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