Sony Software Developer reviews

3.9

85% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)
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Kenichiro Yoshida

99% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Sony with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 203 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Sony is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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203 reviews
3.0
Oct 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great products Friendly co-workers. Employee Store cant think of any more pros to work here.

Cons

Senior Managers are ruining the company, as they cant keep up with the new age. They still work on old methods and open to new ideas. Annual review is fixed at 3, no matter how well you perform. Promotions are unheard of. Its all face value and not work value. Not flexible in work from home. Stay away from IS department, as its run by bunch of idiots. H.R is for namesake, you can report as much as you want but no action will ever be taken if its about Senior Management. I can go on and on...could have been a great company but its going down due to few bad apples.

1.0
May 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All the reasons are secondary . I feel there are no primary reasons related to work. 1. The initial training period ( for a fresher ) of 2 months will be awesome. You will learn various languages and aspects of software engineering. 2. Enjoy brand name. Everyone knows SONY. 3. Enjoy SONY products at a discounted rate. :P

Cons

1. No guarantee for a fresher to which project he will be put into. The probability of changing the project afterwards tends to NULL. 2. Worst is the 2 years of service agreement worth 2 lakhs INR. Where in the world will you see it. !! 3. No respect for the employees whatsoever. HR is very very unsupportive. They do whatever they want. 4. 10 Months of on-job training literally is of no use. They spent zero after 2 months of initial (external) training. 5. Pay standards are very LOW. Often non-negotiable. Complete exploitation for a fresher. 6. 2 out of 10 projects are development ones. Rest all are testing, support and maintenance. Its like having SISC as our own Wipro/TCS. 7. The organisation does not have clear vision for the GETs or Freshers. 8. They will do lots of talk and promises during the campus recruitment drive.

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