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      Samsung Electronics

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      Samsung Electronics reviews

      3.7

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (12,879 total reviews)
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      Jong Hee Han

      63% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,879 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
      3.0
      Jul 8, 2008

      Samsung Electronics is good for novice engineers.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good experience for novice engineers. If you recently graduated from University, then you have good opportunities to get the experience with real industry problems and challenges. Your area of expertise can grow quite fast and you can understand the basic principles about research management. The foreign employers are usually supported with housing, and the taxes in South Korea are reasonable. The Samsung is a famous brand, so usually, the experience in Samsung allows to find better job easier, and can be a good step to find a good position in different company.

      Cons

      Once you got your area of expertise, which is needed for your job (~1 year), the further knowledge growth is quite limited. It's hard to know the working environment because of language barriers. Lots of politics in relations (maybe the same for all big companies).

      3.0
      Jul 4, 2008

      Interesting to try, but does not worth staying for too long time

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good chance to study Asian culture. Low taxes and social payments in Korea. Good benefits (including free healthcare and housing). Probably good for unexperienced engineers as a start, as the compensation and benefits are reasonable and often no special experience is required. Even though Samsung is very Asian company (see downsides), they are trying hard to acquire western corporate culture, so the situation will, probably, become better. If you endure Samsung, all other companies are piece-a-cake.

      Cons

      Even though English is official company language, the ability of significant portion of employees to speak it is close to nothing. Do not expect your colleagues to share information with you, unless they have no other options. There is no chance for non-Korean to become a project leader (except for the case when you are hired as one). Head of your group may expect you to work overtime even if there is nothing to do, just to show your loyalty to the company. Difference in salary (at the same position) depending on the nationality. You may have a meeting to discuss problem of work and life balance. Starting at 8 pm. Really.

      4.0
      Jul 2, 2008

      It's a good place to earn money

      Senior engineering technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - A huge package of benefits is the main reason to work in Samsung Semiconductors. - Good working environment. - System of Global Help Desk is great. You can tell GHD manager about any kind of problem and she will resolve it by herself very fast. - Korean Tax Law that foreign professionals don't need to pay taxes from their salary

      Cons

      - Corporate language is Korean but it slowly moving to English. - Very high level of bureaucracy. For every your step you have to get approval. - Managers are not quality and customer oriented they are "keep in schedule" oriented. They frequently miss any kind of analyze steps. Their schedule usually consists of just 1 item: "Implementation". - SW quality assurance is so poor that you have to do it by yourself all the time.

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