ASML promises employees shares worth €20,000 if they keep their jobs till 2030
ASML has promised its employees a one-time share package worth €20,000, subject to multiple conditions, NOS reports, based on an email the company sent to all of its 44,500 employees worldwide. One condition is that the employee must remain employed until at least January 1, 2030, before they can sell the shares.
The other conditions are still being worked out, a spokesperson for the Veldhoven-based chip machine maker told the broadcaster.
According to the spokesperson, the share package is a token of appreciation for the employees’ efforts, “but especially for the work that will be needed in the coming years.”
Earlier this week, ASML announced that it booked revenue of €9.3 billion and a profit of €2.9 billion in the second quarter of this year. The booming AI industry is boosting ASML’s orders beyond what the company expected.
Due to the exceeded expectations, ASML increased its outlook for this year and announced that it would further expand capacity in 2027 and 2028.
Early this year, ASML also announced that it was cutting 1,700 jobs despite achieving a record revenue in 2025 and plans to hire some 20,000 new employees as the company builds its new campus in Eindhoven. ASML said it was cutting mainly managerial positions because these jobs would not help the company in the long term.
In June, the trade unions FNV and De Unie reported that there would be no forced layoffs until at least May next year. The unions and the company are first examining who can find work elsewhere within ASML.
