4-minute read - by Jessica Timings, November 24, 2021
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one could say what the future would bring. Who could have predicted that ASML would actually grow? But we did, by more than 6,000 employees since the beginning of 2020. For regions such as the Netherlands, that meant around 200 new employees per month. Meet our 30,000th colleague and look at how other employees have embraced their growing teams.
ASML is growing in response to ever-increasing digitalization and the demand for microchips around the world. Part of this current demand can be explained by market fluctuations due to COVID-19, but underlying trends such as 5G, AI and edge computing ensures that the semiconductor industry will continue to grow. And with growth comes new colleagues, like Han-Jun.
Meet Han-Jun Lee, our 30,000th employee
Han-Jun joined ASML in July 2021 as a customer support engineer and works as part of a team in a Samsung fab (fabrication plant) in Giheung, South Korea. An electrical engineering graduate from Masan, South Korea, Han-Jun was keen to join an international company.
"I wanted to become an engineer who works at a global company, with global colleagues, where I can have the chance to speak English and to travel for my training," Han-Jun says.
ASML certainly offers an international environment – with over 120 nationalities and more than 60 locations in 16 countries and regions worldwide, there are plenty of opportunities to travel and move among departments and regions.
