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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,892 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 12,892 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
Oct 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The office looks okay but management have crapped everyone onto 2 floors, leaving the other 2 floors empty. This is painful as the bathroom always smells, fridges always smells with too many lunches cramped in, and there is always a long line at the kitchen, even for bare basics like water as there is only 2 water taps on each floor

Cons

-toxic environment, no one is happy here. Or they start happy and over time they become miserable -all good talent leave once they realise how process-driven everything is and nothing else matters but following Korean processes -bullying -no career progression -you spend 90% of your time doing admin instead of your real job, leaving no time for your real job -bullying management -top-down HQ control -approval path (3 managers minimum needing to sign and approve) needed for everything, even for a notepad and envelopes!! -systems are horrible -laptops and computers are so outdated that they do not work. That is because all the desktops and laptops are 9 years old minimum and need to be thrown out. They use old refurbished parts that are falling apart -approval path is needed for IT Help (that means 3 managers minimum needing to sign and approve before IT can help you with your computer) -procurement will try and fault you even if you do nothing wrong! -management does not care about you, they don't even pretend they do -even if this is a means to an end, everyone looks miserable to be here and are always complaining -high turnover and restructures every 6 months -do not bother, get out while you can.

2.0
Aug 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent basic pay ,great brand ,make really good equipment. Generous benefits. Strive to innovate. Nice office location

Cons

Aggressive behaviour by management in B2B team, director has no strategy and knee jerks to pressure from above as well as managing down rather than up. Toxic environment. Try and avoid paying commission in B2B by hiking targets as soon as an opportunity is mentioned. SFDC has become the CRM but not properly implemented so requires hours of work each week. Big discrepancy between what is required in pay plan and what leadership want. Culture of panic.

1.0
Aug 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great name on your CV. Work with many dedicated and smart people in their field. Great support from peers.

Cons

Horrible management. Many Korean managers have been there for a long time. Due to being pigeon-holed in a unique environment,their skill sets became narrow and therefore make them not employable elsewhere. This has caused them to feel insecure, paranoid and jealous of other younger employees whom they think might outshine them. Lack of flexibility in the environment. Unecessarily hierarchical and the obsession with attention to detail wears staff out.

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