Sony reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,190 total reviews)
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Kenichiro Yoshida

89% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Sony has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sony 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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2.0
Feb 25, 2011
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Pros

everyone knows of it pay was decent good products

Cons

poor poor management - I had about 4-5 different managers, none of them were familiar with my working hours, none paid attention to the problems I raised, none provided feedback and support I was asked to fill in useless reports that had an unrealistic deadline - e.g. work till 6, need to get them down by 8 and the reports themselves take a minimum of 1.5 hours and need to be done from home!!! a manager pulled rank on me once when I complained about lack of time and reminded me he was my manager?!!? As if that gives him the right to demand the impossible!! Stock was always missing and that was embarrassing in front of customers Staff on site was not aware as to what my duties were -- random managers tried to boss me around and tell me what to do, which was frequently not my job Salary promised was not what it turned out to be Unclear policy on days off - I was never given one despite asking

4.0
Feb 1, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

We had some of the most enthusiastic people working together towards a common goal. Many good processes, checks and balances in place. There was a real desire to produce innovative and high quality products. Some products were really great

Cons

Products not always designed with the best quality, often because there was insufficient time or resources (or both) to address all of the issues prior to launch. Processes not always followed or were made to be impossible to follow with the time and personnel available. Measurements of project management was often hihgly focused on launch date and little else. Project Managers were not held to a project from cradle to grave, causing poor follow through on issues. Money wasted on ridiculous marketing but made limited attempts for the North American market. Decision to eliminate the design unit at RTP was political and spoke volumes as to how important that market really is to upper management. This may not be the final blow for that market, but extreme attention must be given to address all customer issues in order to keep the customers they have and impress new customers. A lot of good experience was lost in the last downsizing; many of those people would've gladly worked together to improve, but the leadership was too willing to take improper risks with the products to get them launched on time. Sometimes this worked, but sometimes it didn't.

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