SanDisk Reviews

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk full-time

Pros – Nothing that I can say here.

Cons – Only 2 types of people do well in this division (Corporate Operations):
1) A friend / very close acquaintance of the top guy of this division.
2) Extremely politically savvy, invertebrate, and an immaculate boot licker.

Otherwise, be ready to be handover your sanity + life + career to the whims and ridicule of some "sadistic" upper management, whose excels to "use you" as a mere strawman for every tasks, take all of your credits as their own ideas and blame you for every politics, issues and problems. May sound scary but true.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk

Pros – Generous bonus at times. A relatively diverse environment.

Cons – It is a totally unfair environment. If you want a promotion, don't bother to work harder within SanDisk. However, do try to get a job offer from another company. Then you are almost guaranteed the promotion when you pretend to quit even if you are an under performer. Working harder and better only gives you disappointment or abuse.

Advice to Senior Management – Be fair and be honest.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SanDisk

Pros – Its a job that pays the bills. Leave as soon as you can though

Cons – Manipulative and deceptive management. No flow though to let you know what is going on if you are not a friend of the VP. Managers could care less about you or if you have a life. They expect you to work holidays, Thanksgiving and X-Mas to get work done. They work you 12-14 hours a day and expect perfection. G&A people are routinely given dimished stock, if at all, low wages. And they never thank you for your hard effort. Save yourself and work somewhere else.

Advice to Senior Management – Cut the politics and try treating your employees with respect instead of like dirt

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SanDisk

Pros – Good pay, good benefits, nice to have a cafeteria onsite. Stock is doing well.

Cons – Lots of politics and infighting. Management doesn't have their eye on what's going on internally with their employees. Grew too fast - now bloated with employees in jobs because of their political alliances internally. Very engineering focused - not marketing focused.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to what's happening at your own company, or bring in a management team with experience to help the company. It's sad how this once vibrant company has gone downhill. If new outside management came in it could breathe new life in the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk

Pros – Good CEO who cares about the company

Cons – Company has become very big and political. Too many VPs, Directors and Managers care more about building up their own organizations than about the company. Decisions about hiring and direction are made inexplicably. My own group, for instance, has seen 3-4 reorgs in the past 1.5 years.

Advice to Senior Management – Build a good system within SanDisk for producing leaders. Do not hire people in top positions from outside the company, since they are unknown and many times do not fit in. The number of newly hired executives who have not worked out has reached alarming proportions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk

Pros – Benefits were decent and some of the workers that I met were pretty friendly. Good cafeteria and free breakfast on Friday.

Cons – Downside is most or all the senior management staff. There is no clear direction of where the company is heading and not sure if they have the experience to do otherwise. I would not recommend this job to any of my friends since I want to keep them as friends. Times are tought with the economy but there are decent jobs out there but SanDisk is not one of them.

Advice to Senior Management – Retire and bring in the people that are capable to run the company in the right direction.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk

Pros – Decent benfits and found some good folks with good ideas that could help the company move forward, away from this financial mess.

Cons – The Senior managment direction seems to change without any clear understanding of where the company wants to be. I would not recommend any of my friends looking for work to join since eventually, the company will be sold,, to Samsung. Samsung is waiting until the stock drops to minor single digit.

Advice to Senior Management – Sell the company ASAP or scale down to ensure future survival.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SanDisk

Pros – SanDisk is name brand company. We are developing products that everyone use.

Cons – Extremely High Internal Politics. Extra long work hours, expect to work 12hrs-14hrs everyday throughout the year. Management is pushy. Before every project "they say" this is the most important in the history of the company. Communication is poor.

Advice to Senior Management – None.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SanDisk

Pros – Other employees tried hard to make it a decent place to work

Cons – Upper management does not care about the employees. Endless meetings/conference calls with no agenda and no direction. Same issues come up time after time with no resolution. Binge hiring when business is good followed by layoffs when business drops off. Re-orgs at the drop of a hat with no reasoning behind them. Continuous additions to the layers of management without adding employees at the level they are needed to get the job done. Everyone in operations is way over-worked.

Advice to Senior Management – You are not competent to run a company. Please retire and give someone else a chance who actually cares about the employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend