(San Diego) Overall great company with minor flaws - Senior Mechanical Engineer ASML Employee Review

5.0
29 Jun 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Coworkers are smart and professional. Non toxic environment. The compensation is decently competitive though not leading compared to big tech firms. Generous bonus. The San Diego EUV technology is interesting to work on. There are opportunities for people to learn new career skills within their projects, and they can also job-hop around the company to try different roles. Mostly good work-life balance though some people have wake up early for calls to EU headquarters and have to plan around this. Hybrid work. I've been steadily trusted with more responsibilities and am thankful. Even though I could probably earn more elsewhere, the low stress, hybrid work, and high trust in my role keeps me here.

Cons

While skill growth opportunities are good, career growth in terms of promotions and higher-than-normal raises is hard to come by. In response, the company has distributed career path charts showing what positions you could move into but it still isn't clear what actions employees can take to earn that move. Best chance is to build your skills, credibility, and networking in current role for several years, and then find an opening for a more senior role in an adjacent group and apply for transfer.

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5.0
15 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting work Great team culture

Cons

Long Commute if you live kinda far

2.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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