Directors are not in touch with projects and employees
Pros
Very interesting and challenging projects. If you volunteer you can help some very interesting and challenging problems.
Cons
1) Management is the main problem with San Diego ASML. They are not in touch with what their employees do and therefore promotions are rare or can be nepotistic. 2) Even though there are highly technical people in this company it seems the loudest voice is trusted rather than the wisest. 3) Management hire inept individuals and the technical team have to support this individual in their daily work. Again managers not being technically capable is the issue here-they can't assess good candidates. 4) Very bad organization of data internally causes silos and lack of transparency. 5) Credit stealing and lack of acknowledgement of collaboration is another severe problem in ASML San Diego. This stems from the culture of promoting the individual rather than team work. All these problems probably stem from Cymer days since most of the managers are promoted from Cymer.