WLB and Upper Management Issues - Sr. Process Engineer ASM Employee Review

1.0
10 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Opportunities to work with skilled and competent engineers. Competitive compensation and benefits.

Cons

Expect to work most nights and weekends. Upper management is extremely sensitive to customer suggestions and will rapidly change priorities. Middle managers and ground level process engineers struggle to meet constantly changing priorities and unreasonable customer requests promoted by account teams. I rarely met anyone with more than 5 years at the company and the reasons became evident quickly. Tools are over dedicated to multiple projects which are subjected to constant hardware adjustments. This makes it exceedingly difficult to conduct meaningful DOE for process development with such dynamic and dirty hardware. Fab is extremely overcrowded and often poses safety concerns. The root cause for many issues seems to be toxic workplace culture coming from the highest level of management.

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ASM Response
5mo
Thank you for sharing your experience as part of the ASM team. ASM is growing fast and changing quickly and we realize there is always room for improvement. We read every review and will keep your thoughts in mind as we evolve our company.

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5.0
26 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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ASM Response
3w
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for being part of ASM’s growth journey.
3.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent company to work at

Cons

Long hours and had work

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