Sony Electronics Employee Reviews about "long hours"

Pros

Discounts on products, a few perks here and there, but overall, if you're a little fish in the company, be prepared to be taken advantage of by the big fish. Little room for advancement unless you are Asian. If you are Asian, come work at Sony Electronics cause you will be upper management in no time at all!

Cons

Long hours of grueling work with little chance of your ideas seeing the light of day. If you do have a good idea or theory, prepare to have it taken away from you so someone in a higher seat of management so they can take all the credit for it. Plus if you come up with a brilliant idea for a patent, prepare to have that taken away from you too and prepare to be under compensated for the patent... like to the tune of a flat rate of $1500. That's it! You won't be collecting royalties, that's for sure!

Pros

Good employee benefits. People are great. Cafeteria and gym on site.

Cons

Pay is not that great. Depending on the group, you can find yourself working very long hours. Promotions are not that easy to come by. Most things are led by Japan, and you need "permission" from them to do most things. Not much recognition to employees. Separation of companies.

Pros

Very knowledgeable coworkers. Interesting consumer projects like HDTVs. Also exciting being part of a huge corporation who makes waves at events like CES or in online publications like CNET. Work equipment is never in short supply if needed, so from an engineering standpoint they will provide you with what you need to get the job done. Most developers are easy to work with and development managers are constantly on the ball when it comes to submitted defects.

Cons

Information sharing could be much better despite the utilization of some tools like Microsoft Sharepoint. Very little documentation, such as functional specifications, are created or updated for even the riskiest modules. For SQA, this is an exercise in frustration because what you think is a defect is actually a "new feature." And often you are asked to compromise on obvious bugs because the development team desperately wants to meet a closed-defect milestone. Also, at times development exerts too much influence on SQA activities. SQA should be a separate entity working WITH development towards a common goal, not working FOR development. Also hours can be RIDICULOUS often requiring 60-70 hour weeks, with no compensation, just a measly "thank you" from upper management. And did I mention they're charging for coffee and tea? Way to annoy your workers who work long hours with no overtime, Sony. Since we're on the topic of pay, Sony's average salary for Software QA is far below the San Diego average. I make less than the average SQA pay in San Diego.

Pros

Good name to have your resume as it's a big, recognizable company that makes a lot of consumer products.

Cons

Long hours, poor work/life balance, very low pay compared to the same position in a company of similar size. Old-fashioned management style where promotions are based on seniority instead of merit and performance.

Pros

Product discounts and well known brand name

Cons

Very siloed and inefficient. Long hours and hard work do not get you anywhere. Revenues are in a "free-fall". Marketing of products is non-existent.