Samsung Electronics America Employee Reviews about "no work life"
60% would recommend to a friend
(204 total reviews)
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Updated Nov 26, 2023
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- "Senior leadership is lacking because they don't have power over the Korean management." (in 41 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- 3.0Aug 31, 2021Supply Chain ManagerFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
Great overall benefits, decent medical insurance, PTO and 401K.
Cons
Too many unnecessary reporting and poor work/life balance.
1 - 3.0Oct 4, 2023MarketingFormer EmployeeRidgefield Park, NJ
Pros
- Global respect and recognition for the Samsung brand - Smart talented employees dedicated to the work. Great experience working with them across functions and around the world - Opportunities to work on exciting / new / innovative products - Nice employee discount on Samsung products - Strong compensation and benefits package (except no profit sharing, stock options/RSUs, etc.)
Cons
- Horrendous culture driven from Korea HQ where life revolves around work (not the other way around). This is the expectation for all employees. Led to awful work/life balance, especially if you have a family or kids. My HR recruiter basically lied to me about the culture ('sold me' if you will). In hindsight I wish I had investigated this part more - Incredibly difficult to get anything done. So much red tape and lots of restrictive policies that cause high levels of frustration. ** example - the company has still not embraced real-time collaboration tools (Slack, Google Drive, etc.) that are standard at literally every other company worldwide. Net results are (1) CRAZY amounts of email and tons of meetings which doesn't leave much time for actual work, and (2) major communication struggles with colleagues around the world Overall I would not recommend working at Samsung if you care about working efficiently, work/life balance or have a family.
4 - 3.0Oct 24, 2023Supply Chain ManagerFormer Employee, less than 1 yearPlano, TX
Pros
Great benefit and above average pay in the industry.
Cons
Overtime and poor life work balance.
- 1.0Oct 31, 2016Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsDallas, TX
Pros
Pay and health insurance are good and that's it.
Cons
Possibly the WORST company I have ever worked for. Zero work life balance and complete incompetent mid-level leadership. Slave like culture, work overtime (with no additional pay), work weekends and work 15 hour days at month end. Zero HR support.
3 - 3.0Apr 26, 2018Finance ManagerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsRidgefield Park, NJ
Pros
Good benefit and good medical insurance
Cons
Work and life balance is poor
3 - 5.0Aug 17, 2022Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee
Pros
-Management is very understanding of circumstances that are out of your control. -Your vocie as an individual is heard at all levels of management.
Cons
-Work life balance is a focus of the company but at the lowest levels work is much heavier on the balance scales -Compesation isn't equitable across the company for the exact same roles
- 3.0Jul 12, 2017Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Always on the cutting edge of the lastest technology
Cons
No work life balance especially during launch time and holidays. There is very little to no upward mobility especially for the Field team.
Samsung Electronics America Response7yThank you for your feedback. It is great to hear your positive review of our cutting edge and innovative technology! We honor and appreciate the creative, devoted, and hard-working individuals we have on our team and we recognize how vital it is to take time off to recharge. Additionally, our employees are our most valuable asset. Our goal is to grow and develop our people and set them up for success. We are continuously looking for ways to improve and it’s feedback like yours that helps us achieve our goals. Sincerely, The Employee Engagement Team
- 1.0Mar 19, 2015Anonymous EmployeeCurrent EmployeeRichardson, TX
Pros
Some really smart people that work really hard
Cons
Companies that make employees work 12 hour + days and weekends DO NOT have a great work life balance. Companies whose employees hate working there so much that they resign before they've found a new job DO NOT have a great culture. Companies that don't promote from within DO NOT offer great 'career opportunities'. If Samsung ever paid as much attention to the people who make them successful as they do the products those people work their butts off to support - this would be an amazing place to work. Unfortunately - they don't. Keep looking for your Next Big Thing. This isn't it.
18 - 4.0Feb 7, 2023Senior Manager, MarketingCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsRidgefield Park, NJ
Pros
Good benefits and salary People are nice Fast paced get to learn a lot Not very hierarchy driven- you can feel comfortable contributing, proposing ideas and giving your opinion at any level to any level
Cons
Work life balance Too focused on features and innovation Not sticking to a strategy enough time
- 3.0Dec 16, 2011Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeDallas, TX
Pros
New upcoming technologies to learn which are not in market
Cons
No work life balance and need to do work hard
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