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ASML CEO links executive bonuses to employee satisfaction
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet will link senior executives’ bonuses to employee satisfaction at the Dutch chip equipment maker.
The move follows an annual survey in which more than 38,000 of ASML’s roughly 44,000 workers took part.
The employee engagement score fell to 73.5% from 78% in the previous year.
Fouquet said the decline reflected a period of major change, as ASML restructures to reduce bureaucracy.
The company will combine six survey questions into a new workplace experience index that will affect leaders’ long-term incentive pay in coming years.
The change aims to improve morale during the restructuring and make workplace culture a priority for Fouquet next year.
ASML makes the only EUV lithography machines used to produce some of the world’s most advanced chips, which are important for AI systems.
The new index will shape executive pay in coming years, though no further details on its effect were given.
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet will link senior executives’ long-term bonuses to a new index measuring employees’ workplace experience.
The move follows a fall in ASML’s employee engagement score from 78% last year to 73.5% this year.
More than 38,000 of the company’s roughly 44,000 employees took part in the annual survey.
Fouquet said improving the company’s culture and values would be a personal priority next year.
ASML is restructuring its organisation to reduce bureaucracy as demand for its chipmaking machines rises amid the AI boom.
- Who
- Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, is linking executive bonuses to employee satisfaction.
- What
- A new Workplace Experience Index, based on six survey questions, will affect senior executives’ long-term bonuses.
- When
- The change was announced in a memo in October 2026. The index will affect compensation in the coming years.
- Where
- ASML, the Netherlands-based technology company.
- Why
- Employee engagement fell, and Fouquet said the company had undergone significant change.
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ASML’s employee engagement index stood at 78%.
The index fell to 73.5%, according to an annual survey completed by more than 38,000 employees.
Bild reported that Fouquet had announced the new Workplace Experience Index in a memo to employees.
Fouquet’s memo was sent to employees.
- Survey participants
- More than 38,000 of roughly 44,000 ASML employees
- Employee engagement index
- 73.5% this year, down from 78% last year
- New measure
- Workplace Experience Index, based on six survey questions
- Bonus plan
- The index will feed into senior executives’ long-term incentive plan
- ASML CEO
- Christophe Fouquet, 53
- Company restructuring
- ASML is reorganising to reduce bureaucracy
What people are saying
the declining figures reflect a period of significant change
it has been an exhausting and emotional year for the company
In the coming years, it will directly influence the compensation of senior executives, including the board