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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3K reviews
5.0
Dec 20, 2010

Great

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company, great place to work

Cons

too big, but still good

4.0
Nov 25, 2010

Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great management and very competent employees.

Cons

There are no staff level employees.

2.0
Nov 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great brand, modern office environment, hiring motivated people, large organisation so opportunities for advancement are available, staff shop gave decent discounts, use of good agencies for creative and effective marketing campaigns, sense of pride in brand rather than achievements, good incentives and salaries, big marketing budgets when they exist

Cons

Highly unstructured and not process driven, the Audio Marketing business unit I worked in was chaotic with high turnover, too much involvement by Tokyo head office in Europe-specific issues, head office had a 'we know better than you' attitude, internal politics of Japanese vs European management - you have to learn to bow and say thank you, clique-y Japanese management stuck together and was usually more in-the-know than Western colleagues, lack of cohesion between departments despite strategy of 'Sony United', no work-life balance, too many directors and VPs, antiquated reporting systems, too much emphasis on reporting and analysing performance rather than improving it, over-reliance on external agencies

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