So if that is the case. The guys that stays as engineers because they valued doing the real work that now suddenly ASML values, but didn't get the promotion have been screwed for years right? Without any real chance of getting this corrected.
I've worked with a number of people who made the IC -> manager conversion because it was represented as the best way forward in their career, only to find out it made them miserable, and convert back after a few years. I think you'll find that sort of conversion back to IC is not all that uncommon.
If I were a betting person, I'd bet that's the number of engineers who were previously forced to become managers in order to get a promotion.
So if that is the case. The guys that stays as engineers because they valued doing the real work that now suddenly ASML values, but didn't get the promotion have been screwed for years right? Without any real chance of getting this corrected.
I've worked with a number of people who made the IC -> manager conversion because it was represented as the best way forward in their career, only to find out it made them miserable, and convert back after a few years. I think you'll find that sort of conversion back to IC is not all that uncommon.