Love the work! Salary could be way better! - Design Engineer II ASML Employee Review

3.0
Jul 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are working on cutting edge technology that you know directly affects smartphones, tablets, PCs, etc and that is a great source of pride. You are allowed to be entrepreneurial. Great people at the company.

Cons

We always seem to be putting out fires rather than stopping a problem before its even ignited. This can be solved by having all departments, D&E, Mfg, Supply Chain, Veldhoven-Wilton teams, etc work as a cohesive unit from the beginning at Product Feasibility/Concept stage rather then deciding on concepts and ideas and then informing other teams later. Pay/Raise structure is poor and not competent with market leaders. College grads who are 5 years in and now at Senior Engineer positions are not paid anywhere close to a new hire at those positions or near market rates. Performance review system is a complete joke and inaccurate. You could go above and beyond for a task on your performance list and still receive 50-60% of perfect score since the score is directly attached to a predetermined raise an employee will get. This forces your manager to compliment you heavily and in the end the compliments do not match the low score nor the raise that you get. Absolutely no career paths! Your tasks will change but your position is stagnant.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging and interesting Good colleagues Job growth opportunities Solid training ESPP bonus

Cons

Some travel required, sometimes to other sites ESPP not as good as others in industry Stock options not available

3.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Advanced tools fantastic technology to learn from. If you have a good mentor learning is smooth.

Cons

Management gets in the way of being an egineer. Customer driven as to be espected. Office jobs over shadow fab workers ( fab is looked down on ). Lazy coworkers work load is never balanced.

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