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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,891 total reviews)
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Jong Hee Han

63% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,891 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Samsung Electronics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
1.0
Apr 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health benefit is good. Good bonus. Mostly not busy.

Cons

The culture is rotten from the root. From HQ, the very heirarchical culture gives little respect and room of freedom to lower level engineers. Being a remote office in San Jose, we did not get to experience the worst. But the local management here is super impowered over those ruled engineers. Power plays. Opaque.. Favoritism. Politics. Zero trust top down. It is very difficult to feel proud and willing to contribute when knowing that as an employee you are not really treated as part of the company. The best way to get company or organizational update is via Internet or grapevine. Several almost got their pays doubled over several years, while most hardly moved an inch. A few are very happy, most however are exploited. The company force installs spyware on employees computers. employees are not the esset of the company. There is some fundamental philosophical problems with the company and the local management.

1.0
Dec 16, 2009

work here to build your resume

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, decent cafeteria food

Cons

this place is driven by politics, data doesn't drive decisions... it's flat, they outsource everything and don't promote from within. if you're female good lucking moving up here. this company will use you, so if you want to come here it's good to have samsung on your resume, that's about all you will get from here. overall this is the worst company i've ever worked for hands down.

2.0
May 26, 2024

Toxic culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, many benefits, staff discounts, development opportunities

Cons

One of the most toxic cultures I worked in. Colleagues and managers were emotionally burnt out, which was very draining. Bad and toxic behaviours are tolerated, especially from high management. I have seen countless people having to take sick leave from being over-worked. The main issue is cultural, which comes from the Head Quarters in Korea. Their priority is NOT people or employees, even if they state it in their company values. All they care is about financial results, and squeezing every inch of blood and energy someone has to give. Additionally, there's no diversity at all. 90% of senior leaders are male, either Korean or white. This doesn't improve much in mid-management. Don't be fooled by the name or by a high paycheck, and avoid yourself hours of therapy, anxiety and bad health. Stay away from Samsung.

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