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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,928 total reviews)
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Jong Hee Han

61% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,928 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
2.0
Sep 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401K match by employer, job stability, cash rich company

Cons

The culture promotes politics more than hard work. Managers control 25% bonus payout, without which salary in not competitive in the market. Too much control by management to spend office hours past 8 PM. In comparison to the profit Samsung makes, they don't even want to pay dinner for people staying late. At time politics based on which company you have worked earlier destroys the culture and creativity.

2.0
Sep 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not too much work load..especially in some teams. All everything except work

Cons

Too many policies.Professional people should be treated professionally. No transparency in policy. Decisions are just taken by higher management and put down on employees. Absolutely Absurd timing policy. HR people is absolutely corrupt

2.0
Sep 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is one of the largest handset makers in the world and they do make some good products. It certainly is a plus on your resume. You can meet and work with some smart people in Korea.

Cons

The upper management know very little about software. There is lot of politics and there are many incompetent managers. The project schedule is always hard to achieve thus making you work long hours, weekends and holidays. You do not have a personal life since you basically live at the company. If you are a foreign employee working in Korea, you won't get a lot of action even if you speak good Korean. The basic salary is below average. You get paid above average if your division makes lots of profit. (e.g. Mobile Communication Division) You can get up to 50% of your annual salary. If your division do not profit, you will be very disappointed. (If they pay you a lot, then there is certainly a good reason behind it.) Once in a while you can find people die possibly due to pressure, stress and too much work. The company tries to keep things very quiet about this. They make money ripping off small Korean companies and part suppliers. They won't ever make something innovative like the iPhone.

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