Work-life balance really needs to be improved…a lot - Engineer ASM Employee Review

2.0
Sep 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good for the first company to work at after graduating from school. It is a relatively small company and doesn’t have too many layers, so you can learn lots of stuff in many perspectives. Engineers have good relationships with other, like a big family (people from higher management not included).

Cons

Since company is small, you have to deal with lots of stuff (even some minor ones, i.e. purchasing, order tracking and trivial items which the company could simply hire a high school graduate to handle). Work life balance is bad, customers sometimes don’t treat us like human, and want us to work 24/7. However, the upper management doesn’t protect employees but just follows what customers say and puts heavy workload on engineers.

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5.0
May 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

ASM is not for everyone. And I do not mean it in either positive or negative way. It is just the way it is. We believe in the semiconductor business outlook fueled by AI demand. We believe in keeping the talent density to drive progress. We believe in hard work and at times you have to go above and beyond. We believe in excellence. And we are fanatic about it. And this is what I have seen during my long tenure here. I have seen great progress where ASM breaks through silos and as one cohesive team working together to deliver for our customers. And this progress will not happen with small and incremental changes. It requires bold transformation driven by our C-level leaders. And with every transformation there are challenges and there are opportunities, there are supporters and there are those who would like to keep status quo. I have seen great opportunities given to people who believe in our cause and deserve it. I am not saying that we did all the right things. I believe we made many good decisions, and we did make mistakes as a human does. But without change there is no progress and without progress there is no success. And we respect those who decides to join and stay with us in this transformation journey as we respect those who decide that this is not their usual cup of tea and withdraw. This is us. This is ASM as I know it. And I am enjoying every single bit of it.

Cons

For sure there are things to improve.

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Thank you for sharing your feedback and for being part of ASM’s growth journey.
4.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-learn a lot -travel -open to entry position

Cons

-13 hour shifts -night schedule, work during nights

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