The company behind the world's most advanced chipmaking machines is now paying to keep the people who build them. $ASML is giving every eligible employee a stock grant worth €20,000, roughly $22,000, issued on 1 January 2027 and vesting on 1 January 2030. Staff have to stay through the full period to keep it. Across about 45,000 employees, the total comes to close to €900 million. The Dutch company is the only producer of EUV lithography systems, the machines required to manufacture the most advanced processors, which means nearly every leading-edge Al chip depends on its hardware. It beat expectations last quarter and raised full year sales guidance to between €43 billion and €45 billion. Engineers with EUV experience are among the scarcest specialists in technology, and Samsung, SK Hynix $SKHY and TSMC $TSM have introduced similar retention programs as Al demand pushed chip industry earnings to record levels.
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Ryan Broumand@Rbroumand · 13d
SK Hynix has been doing this for a couple years now. My friend who works there received a $50,000 bonus last year along with their colleagues for chip output
Marsia @gnomishness · 13d
Wonderful they are acknowledging their talent. Hope this becomes a trend in other sectors.
Leo @l3onel · 12d
Yup trust me those bonus will increase productivity. Ppl want to feel appreciated
Holly @holly86 · 12d
This is great positive news for $ASML . Unfortunately I missed the boat on this one and don't own it. I invest in $LRCX instead which is now my biggest holding so to stay diversified I'm reluctant to invest more in this industry. Did you look at LRCX and if so I'm interested in your opinions.
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