Samtec reviews

Family run business -- business decisions revolve around people, and more than a few folks are 'sacred' ie they continue to make poor decisions that not only waste company money, but provide a huge opportunity cost to progress in ways that the company needs to move. The only reasons those folks continue to exist is due to nepotism, or loyalty to those who've been there for a long time. Maybe that is great for those that work at Samtec long term, but I'd argue if you are an ambitious potential new employee, run very fast away from this company. Insularity -- from a business standpoint, the company continues to perform well, so it can be hard to transition from good to great. However, the biggest challenge the company faces is complacency, and the biggest sin they commit is insularity. This is true from an organizational standpoint, where in the white collar roles, there is such a huge amount of lack of coordination in any decision making, and information silos that lead to some pretty terrible decision making. However, the insularity runs deeper, and the primary reason for it is that there is a confusion about why the company has been successful, and what it will take to bring more success. The world has moved pretty significantly, and without new blood to move the company in a necessary direction, these problems will fester and kill the golden goose. Finally, every company has folks that are very two-faced, so Samtec is not unique in that regard. However, there are some deep integrity issues with a few folks in leadership that I would warn others that things don't appear as they seem. I experienced pretty extreme whiplash from folks who I thought of as deep mentors, who turned out to be in fact very terrible people.

Company let’s each manager have their own rules in their departments without consequences. No set rules for entire company. The higher up people just assume the people that are below them are actually doing their jobs. Bullying and intimidation are allowed from other employees and managers also. It depends on who you know or who you are related to. There is also a great amount of nepotism that is so blatant. There is also a problem with some people that just do not want to work which will of course weigh others down. I wish they would become the company it used to be.