Samsung Group Reviews
Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Reviews are posted anonymously by employees.
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Pros
Very Dynamic Environment , Active Always. Means On my Project there were very high challenges and many technical decision to take, found all people (team) to be very active on that. So you will be active always
Cons
Cons - Need to Work with Koreans, So Language Barrier always, and Follow Korean way to Talk with people, Means be Korean,
Advice to Senior Management
Management is really good and responsible, they try their best for employees and Projects based on Business requirements, So overall everything is fine.
Pros
Great Work and Home Life Balance
Cons
Salaries do not reflect job descriptions or duties. If you do not have an engineering degree or know someone in upper management, you will not go far.
Advice to Senior Management
Go to bat for your people with HR during performance review periods. Stop making them go it alone!
Pros
Nice place to work, flexible timings, good campus with all the facilities. good benefits
Cons
less career advancement, you will face of difficulties in commmunicating as the basic language of communication is korean, less people talk in english in meeting and seminars.
Pros
Brand Value.
salary Structure is good
Cons
Old employees are bullyies, suffocating environment
Very low quality engineers
Samsung India has ATD and a Mobile division, The Advanced tech division is great, mobile is crap
They don't care if an employees
Advice to Senior Management
Get rid of old employees
Improve hiring quality, predominant employees are andhraites.
Have a diversified workforce
Pros
Samsung has a strong desire to win in the market, they will invest in ideas and support smart and well though risks.
Cons
Heavy desire to win creates a work environment that demands heavy hours and travel. They do reward your effort though.
Advice to Senior Management
As in most companies, management should take more time to clarify strategies downward to help employees feel engaged. Samsung is a lean company so they are much better than other Asian competitors in communication to employees.
Pros
great benefir, flexible time schedule
Cons
work hard , high expectations too much stress,
Advice to Senior Management
evertything is fine
Pros
Brand name and recognition
Some interesting projects
People nice and respectful
People speak decent English
Cons
No future in this company as a foreigner
No chance for engineers to move back to home country subsidiary
Stuck in an outdated management system
Getting on a good team (or not) totally random
Language of the group is definitely Korean
Can be disorganized
Company does not value anyone as an individual, especially not a foreigner
Advice to Senior Management
Until you have non-Koreans in high VP and above positions, its hard to take talk of globalizing the company through employing foreigners seriously. Make a real future for non-Koreans in this company is going to take effort, but it is worth it.
Pros
good salary, apartment provided, fitness center onsite, meal provided, 10 minutes commute by bike, new projects, training and education provided
Cons
feels lonely sometimes, promotion is a system, does not depend much on the performance
Advice to Senior Management
VP should have a separate room!
Pros
interesting work all the time, and good salary
Cons
hard work, even weekends sometimes
Advice to Senior Management
fast follower...
Pros
- Learn and experience cutting edge news and technologies
- People are generally polite.
- Can come and go as please after working 8 hours.
- Competiive culture keeps you altert and never complacent.
- Good pay.
Cons
- Workaholic culture is prevalent.
- Communication is difficult at times.
- Diffiicult to grow in the long run career wise.
Advice to Senior Management
Work less, Work smarter.
Encourage and support career devlopment.



