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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,885 total reviews)
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Jong Hee Han

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,885 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
2.0
Mar 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work for one of the top brands in the world and work with very smart people.

Cons

Horrible culture. Very Korean culture that isn't adjusted in any way for US based employees. It feels like you are occupied by a foreign country. Work life balance doesn't exist unless you luck out and get a good boss who can shelter you from headquarters culture. And even then they have very limited power to do so. And US employees including leaders have little to no autonomy to make strategic decisions or push new initiatives. If it didn't come from headquarters, it isn't accepted.

1.0
Aug 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are the best reason by Far to work for Samsung.

Cons

Probably 85% of employees are outsourced - only upper management are permanent employees. Samsung also has VERY high turnover - people drop like flies there. Samsung is a Korean company - but the Koreans micromanage EVERY aspect of business-to the point it's counter-productive. Everything has to have approval from Koreans prior to coming to fruition - and Koreans will ask a million questions about why you are requesting whatever it is you want. Way too many hands in the pot. Also-Koreans don't like anyone who is not Korean or at the very least Asian. All upper-management is Korean.

1.0
Feb 27, 2024

Worst company to work for - stay clear

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High pay package, but you will end up overworked.

Cons

This is a terrible company to work for. They have recently resumed hiring and I feel compelled to warn people. If you intend on applying for a role in the 80 Strand London/Chertsey office please be warned that this is a toxic work environment. Do not be fooled by the pay package. Be prepared to be berated, yelled at and receive nasty emails from management. This is not restricted to just one team but is across the entire operations. The Koreans are treated like Gods and there is no room to share ideas or be innovative. Lots of gaslighting from upper management, they'll constantly keep picking on people till it breaks them down. Managers do not shy away from yelling at a team member in front of an entire team, we have also had managers concocting bad performance reviews to bully people into not speaking up. To sum up, you're giving your soul and dignity for the high pay package. They treat their staff like slaves, and you'll have to endure emotional abuse and bullying.

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