Dutch government tries to stop ASML from moving out

intelshill, 2 months ago

Oh look it’s the consequences of my actions

Vilian, 2 months ago

what they did?

davel, 2 months ago

If ASML’s own PR is to be believed, the Dutch government is cutting them off from their supply of skilled foreign workers.

I wonder if the Netherlands actually lacks the skilled workers or just lacks ones willing to work for lower wages & benefits.

filoria, 2 months ago

Skilled foreign Chinese workers

daanzel, 2 months ago

As a Dutch engineer that worked at ASML for ~6 years: yes the Netherlands really really lacks skilled engineers of all sorts. This is not at all about wages, since ASML is one of the highest paying companies here.

It’s more costly for a company to relocate these types of foreign workers than simply hiring locals (like me).

Now I’m not saying ASML isn’t in for money, it’s just that they need more people to keep up with demand of their machines.

space_of_eights, 2 months ago

Among other things, in order to compete with the populist far right, they have been actively campaigning against migrants. As ASML is entirely dependent on highly educated foreign workers, this hurts them.

Vilian, 2 months ago

lol, is almost like the human diversity is what allowed the world to advance this fast, i never gonna understand anti-immigrant policies