Sanmina reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,368 total reviews)

Jure Sola

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Sanmina has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sanmina 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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1K reviews
2.0
May 14, 2014

Work and more work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of different projects to work on. Lots of different areas to work in. You gain lots of experience fast.

Cons

You get to work 50+ hours a week doing thing over and over. There is never enough time to do it right but there is time to do it again. Office has not been remodeled since the 70s.

1.0
May 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Keeping a roof over my head, for now.

Cons

Management is not appreciative of their loyal employees. Most of us actually do care about our work and do want the company to succeed. I can remember when 100 - 200 people would line up every week to get in to fill out an application to get a job at the former Hadco. Now that it is Sanmina, and when they are doing any hiring, they have to beg people to apply at job fairs. The Owego facility used to be a shining star in the PCB industry. Now it is a black hole that just wants to suck the life out of its employees. No raises for employees in over 8 years. Production equipment is being mothballed and removed while the product is sent outside the facility to be processed elsewhere and then returned to be finished up. Can't meet delivery deadlines due to equipment being down while waiting for parts to be purchased that should be kept as spares on the shelf for making repairs. Too much red tape is present in the manufacturing process to allow for any creative thinking. The entire mentality now is put the board in, push the button, take the board out, repeat.

4.0
May 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company culture within IT have being changing for the better over the last few years, improving technology and processes. Having a great boss and coworkers makes for a great working environment and great effort has been put into making salaries competitive. Can't talk much about C-Level strategy or decision making but up to middle management I have seen great talent.

Cons

Your mileage may vary depending on the team your on. Lack of visibility into top management strategy, even shielded from middle management in some cases. Working weeks of more than 40 hours is not attractive, other companies give you better work-life balance.

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