Sony Electronics Reviews

Pros

Discounts and some of the people

Cons

Retail division is going down the drain...

Advice to Senior Management

re-staff sr. management

Pros

- Overall good environment with little office politics.
- Can initiate projects you want to work on.
- Good structure and framework to learn and grow.
- Company discounts on Sony products.

Cons

- Too enamored of past successes. The older and long-time employees are always talking about Sony's good old days.
- Company culture is too risk averse. They do the same old things over and over again.
- Too many ineffective middle managers.
- Compensation was lower than average. (disclaimer: I have heard remuneration has improved)

Advice to Senior Management

Needs a reality check.

Pros

Cool products. Diverse workforce. Multiple career paths. Very nice office and onsite gym. Management's support for career growth.

Cons

Overly complex structure. Too many systems. Management slow to respond to changing market conditions. Politics. Tokyo control.

Advice to Senior Management

Redefine the company/industry. Deploy better judgement on large investments, and product launches. Align costs with industry benchmarks.

Pros

Opportunity to learn and experience to work in a big organization, new cutting edge technologies to learn. Benefits are good

Cons

Each and every major decision is under the control of Sony Japan, the headquarters. Finding stiff competition. Lacks complete coordination

Pros

- interesting job
- great people
- clever leads

Cons

too much bureaucracy, not organized SQA process

Pros

Great working environment.
Lots of activities going on within to keep employees satisfied.
Moving around in the company is great, which allows learning different areas of a corp.

Cons

Due to lack of manpower, workload is heavy.
Company structure needs to be worked on for greater efficiency.

Advice to Senior Management

Run a tight ship and bridge the gaps between groups of SEL.

Pros

+ Market still respects Sony's professionals
+ The company is investing again
+ Products still rock!
+ Once you conquer employer's trust, you get your autonomy

Cons

+ Processes do not exist; when they do, they make everything worse
+ Expats have poor judgement over locals
+ Workers gotta work overtime too much often

Advice to Senior Management

Show you do trust your middle management

Pros

Employee discounts on the overpriced consumer electronics.

Cons

Management incompetence. Unless a promotion is involved, employees are apathetic.

Pros

Challenging and interesting work for an ambitious person.

Cons

Lack of work life balance

Pros

Good benefits, good 401(k) plan
Reasonable work hours
Good employee discount program on 80% of merchandise

Cons

Low pay with no commision.
Only received commision on extended service plan.
Poor management

Advice to Senior Management

Dm needs to get more involved. Management needs to work with employees not against.