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    Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida
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    1. "professional environment balanced with work life emphasis"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - National Sales Manager 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sony full-time

      Pros

      excellent internal support network, belief in work life balance

      Cons

      none that I have experienced

      Sony2019-03-21

    2. "Overall good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sony full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      -nice team members -good work life balance

      Cons

      -corporate work environment could be somewhat downside

      Sony2020-02-20
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    3. "Software Engineer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sony full-time

      Pros

      Great work life balance and other benefits

      Cons

      Politics at management level and less opportunity for freshers.

      Sony2019-02-12

    4. "Director"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sony full-time

      Pros

      Great team and group camaraderie

      Cons

      understaffed and long hours; poor work life balance

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      Sony2018-04-02

    5. "Sony work life balance"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sony full-time

      Pros

      Good work life balance. Low pressure.

      Cons

      Not enough innovation and self learning

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      Sony2018-03-11

    6. "Great company to work for!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sony full-time

      Pros

      Incredibly dynamic environment, never a shortage of interesting projects and activities. Wonderful company to work for, they truly believe in a healthy work-life balance. Would highly recommend Sony

      Cons

      There is always work to be done. However this is a perfect environment for the kind of person who thrives on interesting intellectual and technical challenges.

      Sony2017-11-09

    7. "Sony is a great company to work for"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Credit Analyst in Culver City, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sony full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      SONY has provides employees with an extensive all-around knowledge about the business and also offers the best work-life balance program there is. It is indeed, a highly commendable company.

      Cons

      Lack of advancement, layoffs every year, management picks their groups to promote, rigid management. The hardest part of the job is being spontaneous with minute changes based on the industry needs.

      Sony2017-10-25

    8. "Retail Employee"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Assistant Manager in Pleasant Pr, WI
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sony full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Exciting products, good training materials

      Cons

      Bad middle management, difficult work-life balance

      Sony2017-07-09
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      "Oh Sony"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend

      I worked at Sony full-time

      Pros

      There's a decent work/life balance

      Cons

      Information and communication is limited and highly filtered through the ranks Very hierarchical Communication across companies is minimal at best All decisions eventually go through Japan

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      Sony2016-07-22

    10. "s"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Director in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sony full-time

      Pros

      Great Work life balance for all

      Cons

      Little room to grow and thrive

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      Sony2016-05-09
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