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Solid Pay, Chaotic Management

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at ASML for 2 years
December 2, 2023
Veldhoven, North Brabant
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • If you are an expat with 30% ruling, your salary is solid.
  • Flexible hours.
  • Travel opportunities.
Cons
  • Bad management. They have no clue what to do, and all their job falls on you.

  • If you work in manufacturing, the 2+2+2 schedule is a nightmare, with 2 night shifts.

  • You work 8.5 hours, while in many countries in Europe, it is 8 hours, meaning ADV days are useless.

  • Generally, not very clear processes. Sometimes you get in contact with 5+ people to do something that should be very simple.

  • Salary growth is very slow and it depends how you do your projects, not how good you are at your job.

  • These "projects" are there just to keep you occupied, and 90% of the time implementation of them will not improve anything.

  • Very unlogical ways of working.

  • Chaotic work environment.

  • Knowledge sharing is very limited, and it is very frustrating to obtain it.

  • If you work in manufacturing, you are essentially an engineer who follows procedures without using any engineering knowledge, mostly manual work combined with some software click skills.

  • Escalating and calling all the time, sometimes multiple persons cause a single person can't solve an issue, makes you question how they got the job.

Advice to Management

I think that this company will face a reality check in the next 10 years.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
2.0

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