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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,898 total reviews)
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Jong Hee Han

62% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,898 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
1.0
May 14, 2015

VERY BAD OB

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay and good place to live

Cons

Strict korean style management supervisors always wanted to do things in their way Korean employees are two faced

2.0
Jul 29, 2014

better luck elsewhere...

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- good health coverage - everyone in the office is friendly and fun to work with - good work/life balance - convenient location - job security

Cons

- pay is mediocre at best - very political - it's like you're working in a different country - upper managers do not seem to care if you're a non-korean and will converse completely in their language with no regard for politeness or etiquette of any kind - if you're a non-korean, you practically don't exist; just a fly on the wall - the highest position in each department is held by a rotational staff from HQ giving you no real opportunity for advancement and oh, that rotational staff has absolutely no knowledge or experience in said field... he (yes, it's always a he) floats in from HQ for approximately 5 years and then floats out, paving the way for your next floater - trying to get anything done in this place is a joke because there's so much bureaucratic red tape and hoops to jump through: manual approval processes followed by electronic approval processes; the many, many protocols they've put in place in order to prevent embezzling (which has happened in the past) more so hinders than helps the business - your CEO of the moment (because you get a new one every 1 or 2 years), tries too hard to be likeable that he goes around sexually and racially discriminating everyone for a cheap laugh - this company does not care about its employees - i've seen long time interns/temps getting passed up for full-time positions but they continue to work the full-time hours - i've seen hardworking non-koreans getting passed up for promotions while their korean counterparts get promoted

2.0
Jun 19, 2024

Spend 2 years there and leave

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and bonus structure is nice, along with health benefits.

Cons

Toxic atmosphere, poor leadership (people management and business strategy), leaders afraid of telling the truth on business performance, and work for 60-70 hours a week on things that add no value to the business (never get used because nothing changes)

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