Samsung Research America reviews

Some (not all) managers do not respect talented people, but welcome and even hire weak and unproductive engineers during uncertain times in Samsung business. Many good engineers are insulted by management and have left the company, giving weak managers chances to replace them by weaker ones for their own job security.

The following are the negative aspects that are commonly experienced when working at Samsung: • Korean management, who were sent to the U.S. from Samsung Corp. in Korea, makes all of the decisions. • Non-Korean managers and employees are put in place to keep up an "American" appearance. • Management will favor ethnically and culturally Korean employees. • Culturally Korean employees will have work-related conversations in Korean in front of non-Korean co-workers. • Majority of managers are severely incompetent and have very little skill or expertise. • Working style emulates the military (probably Korean military). • At Samsung, female workers are second class citizens who need to feign traditional, submissive roles. Sometimes, they literally walk behind the male employees, especially if they are culturally Korean. • Employees work very hard to "compete" by analyzing competitor's products & features. • Compensation will be below par when compared to competing companies, unless you were an A level employee at the competing company, i.e. A, F, G, & N, who Samsung would like to poach in the area. If you are currently working for one of the top tier companies, please be well advised and make a better choice for your career.