Around the world we have various networks and clubs tailored to local interests. These groups each have a collective theme, but are open to all – whether you identify personally with the theme or are simply interested to learn more or to support the group’s efforts.
Below you’ll find an overview of some of our popular groups.
The Green network at ASML focuses on reducing and reversing the environmental impact of both our company and individual employees. Through regular events and newsletters, our employees are promoting sustainability leadership and responsibility.
As part of Green, you can join a project or start your own initiative. Existing activities include global clean-up days and monthly talks from professionals. Other green initiatives include a switch to compostable coffee machine cups, and a flight CO2 compensation program. With support from Green, you can even identify and measure how your personal performance can contribute to ASML’s sustainability targets.
“Green was formed by people with a shared mindset to take action on improving our company’s sustainability. It’s great to meet people from all over ASML, learn about what they do regarding sustainability and collaborate with them. I get to see the energy that our colleagues have to challenge our operations daily, and to work with so many people that are enthusiastic about sustainability and driven to improve ASML in this aspect.”
We have several networks for people in different stages of their life to connect with each other. Whether you are at the start of your career or nearing retirement, you’ll find a group where you can share knowledge and keep developing yourself. The best part is that these groups are not age-specific – no matter your age, you are welcome to join!
Next is a thriving community of professionals who share ideas and network with colleagues from diverse backgrounds. As a member, you can join, lead and contribute to initiatives such as management lunches, lectures, workshops and trainings.
Seniors is a group that supports colleagues throughout their career, and shares knowledge through mentorship, informal gatherings and events.
“Seniors doesn’t stand for ‘old’ or ‘management’, but for ‘experienced’. Our network focuses on work-life balance, sustainable employability and preparation for the next stages of life. I enjoy organizing lectures on these topics.”
“Through Next, I’ve learned to find my way in our growing organization. I’ve also been able to get to know other enthusiastic people who are motivated to make ASML an even better place to work.“
Being yourself at work includes feeling safe to express your uniqueness, particularly with regard to sexual orientation, gender identity and cultural expression. Employees in our BIPOC (black, indigenous and people of color) and LGBTQIA+ groups champion diversity that builds a strong and unique ASML DNA.
The mission of our networks like Proud and SHADES is to ensure that ASML is a safe and great place to work, which explicitly welcomes diversity. As a member of one of these groups you’ll be connected with like-minded people, participate in events, and learn from your colleagues through knowledge sharing and stories.
“I was inspired to get involved with the SHADES employee network because I see it as an active way to positively influence the BIPOC experience at ASML and beyond.”
Gender diversity is a concern in our industry. We recognize the need to recruit, retain and empower women and gender-diverse people at ASML. Women and WAVES are creating a strong, connected group of women and other colleagues, with the goal to see an increasing balance in leadership roles. We've been working hard toward that goal and we're already seeing some positive results, but we still have work to do. You can also join groups for parents, where you’ll be able to connect with fellow ASML parents and find useful, practical information like nursing room locations and how to utilize parental leave policies.
No matter who you are, you are welcome to join Women and WAVES to network, build your technical and soft skills through workshops, and be part of a team advocating to and cooperating with leadership. As part of the ASML team, you’ll be able to join groups led by your colleagues that are striving to make ASML a more balanced company and a truly great place to work, meet, learn and share.
“Being part of Women has been really beneficial to me in the sense of building connections with different people. It’s taught me how to have an impact beyond my job description. It is amazing outlet for my passion for helping others and creating a gender-balanced and inclusive environment at ASML.”
Through the Parents network you'll be able to meet fellow ASML parents, support one another and share practical information, and promote family-friendly policies including:
People with a form of neurodiversity (for example, those on the autism spectrum) are highly valued at ASML, as we know the importance of analytical thinking, good logic, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Atypical brings together the many people at ASML who are neurodiverse and provides a space to be understood and connect with others.
This network hosts events like café sessions, as well as talks that anyone in ASML can join to hear about the experiences of someone who is neurodiverse. And, as part of these groups, you can also become an ambassador – spreading the word about neurodiversity and being a champion for inclusivity at ASML.
Read our story about the Atypical network.
“It might feel scary to be open about your neurodiversity but, in the end, doing so can open doors. Our network makes it easier for everyone to share their experience. I am also an ethics liaison, so anyone who is neurodiverse and feels they are not being treated fairly can come to us and we will support them. Our goal is an ASML where neurodiversity is embraced, so we will not be necessary anymore.”
Military veterans possess valuable experience and skills that are in high demand at ASML. Many veterans have found fulfilling post-service careers in tech at ASML. In the US, our Veterans employee network provides outreach to veterans and their families in the form of scholarships, professional development, military speaker series and networking opportunities. ASML partners with ACP (American Corporate Partners), a nonprofit organization that assists veterans in their transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce through free mentorships. Many of our ASML veterans have been paired as mentors with transitioning service members.
Read our story about veterans at ASML.
“Connecting veterans together has provided a sense of purpose; whether that be to work on a project, share stories or create development opportunities. In addition, it has given me a greater appreciation for the different veteran experiences and what we can learn from each other.”
Beside our formalized groups, we have a wide range of sport and hobby clubs that you can join. Soccer, basketball, sailing, motorbiking, running, music, board games, and cricket are just a few of our clubs, not to mention our famous robotic soccer team.
If you don’t discover a group based on your interests, you can always create your own. With thousands of colleagues in your local area and around the world, it's easy to connect with people who have the same interests as you and colleagues outside of your department while having fun doing something you love.
Curious about what life at ASML is really like? You now can discover how we work, play and thrive, through an exclusive VR experience full of games and challenges.
Take a tour of our Veldhoven campus in the Netherlands and learn more about the employee services our teams enjoy, the sports we love to do, what we like to eat, and where we socialize with other colleagues.
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For example, we partner with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and Van Gogh Brabant. ASML engineers involved in this partnership are sharing their expertise to help restore and preserve important works of art.
We support initiatives and organizations that are vital for the community’s culture and help make them accessible to everyone.
“It’s a diverse partnership with many institutions involved, which makes it exciting and fun. I’m fascinated by the commonalities and differences between making tools and techniques for making semiconductor chips, and how these can be used for conserving art and art pieces. That’s exciting.”
Our local outreach activities include collecting winter coats for people in need, distributing Christmas presents for children from financially disadvantaged families and supporting an online vitality program for the Brainport Eindhoven community.
We aim to have a positive influence in the communities in which we operate. Through our volunteers supported by ASML, we’re focused on strengthening local communities by supporting local initiatives.
We amplify the impact of our employees’ charitable actions by supporting the causes they feel passionate about. Our Matching Gifts program gives employees a voice in the distribution of ASML's financial contributions to qualified organizations.
For ASML employees in eligible countries, we match their donations to nonprofit organizations euro-to-euro up to a cumulative amount of €10,000 per employee, per calendar year.
“Charitable giving and volunteering are very important to me – in addition to volunteering my time, I donate annually to my favorite non-profits. With ASML’s Matching Gifts program, I can increase the impact of my donation through the company match. It feels good to know that my company will support the causes I care about.”
- Bob Socha, ASML Fellow
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To nurture innovation in new generations, we foster entrepreneurship in local technical talent, helping young enterprises to excel and grow. Experts from within ASML mentor and share their in-depth competencies and knowledge with startups and scaleups.
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We have never forgotten that it’s our startup mentality – innovative, adaptable, purpose driven – that has helped us grow to be an industry leader. We also haven’t forgotten that the startup phase can be hard.
“They (young entrepreneurs) often like to chat with me – their calls are for example, ‘what IP do we have to protect’. There are also very real technical challenges – preferences between scanning with a neutron beam or something else. They see ASML as having experience in almost everything, so they are looking for one contact person to be able to call and ask for advice.”
Have you got a musical talent? ASML on Stage is our yearly music festival starring talented ASML employees.
Everyone can bring family and friends to enjoy the performances that cover music and dance of all genres and styles. In the Netherlands, ASML on Stage is hosted in the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. ASML supports this venue and co-organizes events and programs that target diverse audiences.
For example, as part of our long-standing partnership with the Van Gogh museum and Van Gogh Brabant, the virtual museum doors were opened for ASML employees worldwide to enjoy an exclusive tour.
During this live event, colleagues explored the life and work of the world-famous painter from Brabant, the region where the headquarters of ASML is located. The museum’s art historians walked us through the galleries, sharing the stories behind the masterpieces. ASML employees can re-watch this tour any time.
New Year and year-end celebrationsThe countdown to the Lunar New Year is a time for joy and celebration across our offices in Asia. Past celebrations have included performances, award ceremonies, lucky draws and banquets.
Leadership meetingIn some countries within Asia, leaders of ASML gather annually to celebrate the past year and set priorities for the coming one. Attendees hear from country managers and connect with their fellow colleagues.
Sports and family daysThese unmissable events, with different schedules each year, are a fun opportunity to get active together. Employees, with a mix of fun team and individual activities.
Festival in the ParkIn Taiwan, ASML hosts an annual picnic in the park for employees to relax and spend a day with their family and colleagues.
GLOW Eindhoven art festivalEnjoy this annual immersive experience of light art and design. We organize tours for employees and their families, where you’ll also see ASML’s very own sponsored piece.
Ice skatingIf the season is just right, you can take part in the Dutch tradition of skating over the beautiful canals, ponds and lakes. Join our ice skating club to attend classes and outings.
PSV clinicsPSV soccer club hosts sports clinics where ASML people can learn from the best.
Development also includes having direction and aspirations.
Once a year, we host a career festival for our employees. This festival connects current employees to other departments in ASML, showcasing the variety of opportunities open to you as an employee. It’s also an opportunity to build your network within ASML, fostering connections beyond your direct team.
“I have worked in a range of exciting roles. From software developer, to architect, to project lead and group lead, and on products that include our DUV systems as well as our most advanced EUV systems. I get to play with robots and lasers and be challenged – all while growing my career!”
Most of our trainings take place on the job, given the nature of our innovative and collaborative business. We promote the 70-20-10 approach for your learning, meaning that 70% of your learning will be on the job, 20% through coaching, and 10% through training courses.
We offer a broad range of learning interventions, ranging from classroom training to personal coaching, online assessments to business simulation games, and computer-based training to potential acceleration programs. Our employees learn through their preferred methods, either self-driven or classroom-based. After all, we believe you know best how you learn best.
How you learn and develop at ASML is up to you, but it might include learning Lean and Agile working methodologies, participating in courses on conflict management or design thinking, or diving into change management.
In some regions, you’ll be able take advantage of what we call a ‘Permanent employability day’ – one day a year where you can work exclusively on your own personal development, whatever that means to you. On this non-work day, agreed on with your manager, you’ll be freed up to work on your training, development or health.
To strengthen your personal development, you can request support form a personal coach.
Coaching is a social form of learning that is less structured and more self-directed than a traditional training-based approach.
While many of our coaches are based in the Netherlands, they are able to provide virtual coaching. We are also building up a global coaching pool for all the other regions.
Our coach pool comprises both external and internal people, all who are certified and can guarantee your confidentiality.
“A few years ago, I felt like I was walking in circles because of perceived blockages and limitations. After talking to a coach, I was better able to recognize what made me happy and what didn’t. I am now much more decisive, which allows me to grow again. I am very grateful to my coach and to ASML. I feel much more balanced now.”
We are all about teamwork. Teams that are high performing are better equipped to solve complex issues, make the right decisions and come up with top class solutions.
That’s why we offer a toolkit including team interventions, development journeys and diagnostic tools to help our teams self-assess, set goals, and identify areas to develop and improve. Having access to these tools will help you collaborate, appreciate your team and build a sense of belonging – where challenging and caring for each other is a way of life.
To remain a market leader, we have to provide unified direction. This means we need strong and authentic leadership to give our people a clear picture of where ASML is heading.
As a leader at ASML, you will have support to assess and develop your leadership abilities and to identify which areas may benefit from additional focus. You’ll also have the opportunity to attend our Annual Global Leadership Conference, along with around 3,000 other leaders and people managers within ASML.
We also offer leadership programs where we fast-track the careers of our most promising managers through our Potential Acceleration Program. These programs ensure our managers are aware of what’s expected of them, and help them develop the skills and competencies they need to become better leaders.
Our values (challenge, collaborate and care) have been translated into a set of common behaviors (dos and don’ts) describing how we should act, underpinned by our Code of Conduct. The values and behavioral expectations are integrated into our annual performance management approach.
Our people are requested to set yearly goals aligning with our values from the perspectives of both their team and as an individual. Throughout the year, our employees and managers discuss conduct regularly and are encouraged to request feedback on their behavior from their colleagues and stakeholders (360 degree feedback). At the end of the year, our people are evaluated and structured appraisal questions about our values are included in a year-end feedback form.*
In each step, employees are directed to information about our culture and values content on our intranet via direct links in our Human Resources system supporting our performance management process.
By integrating our values into our employee performance evaluations, we provide a consistent approach in addressing behavioral expectations and ensuring adherence to our Code of Conduct as part of our annual performance management cycle.
* Examples of questions included in our feedback form about behavioral expectations aligning with our values:
How did you demonstrate behaviors that align with our values (challenge, collaborate and care)? How could you have better demonstrated behaviors aligning with our values? Provide examples.
For people managers: How did you demonstrate behaviors that align with ASML’s leadership standards (role model, coach, people leader and business leader)? How could you have better demonstrated behaviors aligning with these standards? Provide examples.
Physical health includes everything about the normal functioning of the body. It’s about your nutrition, physical fitness, and sleep. Maintaining a healthy body allows us to get the most out of our daily activities without undue fatigue or physical stress.
The social aspect relates to the relationships we form with other people, which are vital for our mental and emotional well-being. From socializing with colleagues to maintaining healthy personal relationships, it emphasizes our need to connect to others. At ASML, you’ll find a variety of communities like Atypical and Green, focused on bringing people together for a common cause.
Financial health is important for an overall balanced life and directly contributes to your overall well-being. Money problems may impact mental health and add stress to your relationships.
Our Veldhoven campus in the Netherlands has a dedicated well-being center. There you can enjoy the services of a physiotherapist and a psychologist by booking a physical or mental health check. In addition, you’ll have access to a gym, a yoga room and a running track. We’ve also set up an Employee Assistance Program that offers confidential support to everyone facing personal or professional challenges.
We support you with your physical health by organizing group activities for our teams, free yoga classes and even endorsing marathon runs. We also support your nutrition education with free courses and offer healthy food choices on-campus.
Our well-being portal, accessible by all employees globally, offers a variety of tools, both for individuals and teams, that target mindfulness, social intelligence, stress management and time management – among other things. Dedicated learning resources are available to support employees on their paths to sustainable well-being at work and in life. Employees can find and sign up for well-being events happening on campus and online, such as yoga classes, workshops and lectures on well-being. Certain regions also have access to a well-being app that offers meditation and mindfulness coaching.
You can also connect with others through our partnerships. For example, in the Netherlands, you can join a 12-week well-being program with our friends at PSV soccer club.
Mental health is just as important as physical health. However, taking care of your mind isn’t always as straightforward. Discover some of the simplest, most insightful tips from our company psychologist to help you navigate your own mental wellness at work, in life and beyond.
Collaboration and innovation are in our DNA. We love to collaborate in person and connect with our colleagues, but we also want to maintain flexibility. Therefore, we offer a policy that allows you to combine working from the office with remote working.
Check out this episode from our well-being series in collaboration with PSV, where the club’s lifestyle coach Pablo Botermans shares his top well-being tips.
“For me, ‘vacation days’ really mean ‘family’. As I’m living abroad, this amount of vacation days means that – in normal times – I’m able to visit my parents regularly. It’s a comfort to know that I can be with them whenever they need me.”
If you are an 'international local hire' – in other words, you were hired to work in a different country or state than where you currently live – ASML will support the relocation of you and your direct family members (spouse and children).
We’ll provide support for immigration, travel, shipping personal belongings, cultural awareness and language training, and tax advice. And, of course, you and your family will have support from us as you settle in.
If you’re in the Netherlands but living far from Veldhoven, we may be able to provide financial assistance to help you move closer to the action.
