Expect instability and confused leadership - Functional Engineer ASML Employee Review

2.0
29 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Thought-provoking, difficult work Good pay and above average benefits Good stepping stone for career growth

Cons

Terrible instability: -Do not expect to have the same boss for more than 6 months. During my time at ASML I had 4+ Group leads (GL), 8+Project Leads (PL), and 5+Team Leads/MDOs (TL). Poor management: -50/50 chance of having a good group lead or project lead. Yet, with the constant change it is hard to tell who you have and when you have a good one. -Bad GL/PL/TL are really bad. If you are on a team with a bad GL/PL/TL do not expect to have any support and expect to get blamed when things go wrong. Finger pointing should be expected. -Due to the constant instability do not expect PL/TL to have a good grasp on the projects (especially the bad ones) Bad work/life balance: -Work/life balance is constantly discussed. This is due to each employee having such a large workload. High amounts of tribal knowledge: -Despite the documentation there is a high amount of tribal knowledge that is hard to get. Expect it to take 1yr+ to get a good grasp of what your team is doing.

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Pros

Location is good and near freeway, they make a crucial technology for the world to function

Cons

Toxic environment. Selective enforcement, antisemitic DEI culture, tattle tale rat snitch employees, managers play favorites, managers move the goal post after you were supposed to earn a salary increase. too many foreigners in management and not enough americans. DEI is a joke and is run by a racist black women. Company will burn you and punish you for problems someoen else created and punish you for it despite no power to fix the issue yourself.

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