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Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,891 total reviews)
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Jong Hee Han

63% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Samsung Electronics has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,891 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Samsung Electronics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
2.0
Sep 16, 2013

A lot of potential going down the drain

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Samsung has great innovative products and the team I was in was great and supportive. Pay and benefits were good such as fuel card, car allowance, corporate card etc.

Cons

Greater Samsung business does not understand Enterprise business No Work life balance - expect to work 60-80 hours every week if you don't want to fall behind Customers are affected because the consumer processes are forced on an enterprise business and they don't work the same way. Higher priority on internal reports, meetings and training even to the point of having field sales people cancel customer meetings in favour of internal requirements Flexible working policy is frowned upon - must be in the office if not at customer meetings even though the company is selling mobility as their main go to market in Enterprise space. Internal policies and approval chains put needless overheads and inefficiencies on the business. Eg not allowed network connection through ethernet on other floors in office, only your own. Must apply to take laptop out of office every couple of months.

1.0
Sep 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

1) More short term onsite opportunities when compared to other companies ( but also depends on individual teams ) 2) Job Safety

Cons

1) Worst possible workplace and more like a school environment ( need to come to office at 8am ) 2) Huge amount of workload 3) Spineless managers ( A will say that his manger B wont accept, B will say C wont accept and C says D wont accept this ) 4) No direction of why we are doing some work and what we are doing it sometimes 5) No appreciation for good work 6) Just Seeing code for 12 hours a day is enough to survive here 7) The work we do is assessed by number of lines in our status report

2.0
Apr 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hybrid setup (8 days per month WFH), flexible working hours, generous leave allocation, reimbursement benefits, friendly and approachable HR team

Cons

Expect a dictatorship style management. While the managers may come across as friendly at first, it's quickly apparent that they don’t genuinely care about your well-being. They only want to look good to higher ups. Providing feedback or questioning their decisions is often met with defensiveness or outright dismissal. In some cases, this results in retaliation through micromanagement or even denial of overtime pay. When you raise concerns, you're not truly heard, instead, you’re made to feel like the problem for speaking up in the first place. If you're hoping to transfer to another team or role, or even leave the company, expect empty promises. Management will say what you want to hear, but ultimately try to keep you chained to your current position. KPI expectations are another major issue. They’re often unrealistic, heavily skewed toward those with tech backgrounds, and take up an excessive amount of time that could otherwise be spent doing actual, meaningful work. Instead of supporting productivity, these metrics become a constant distraction and source of stress. Most of the managers seem more focused on damage control than actual leadership, largely because they’re constantly cleaning up after their own poor decisions. They question why employees are burnt out and unmotivated, when the answer is staring them in the mirror. Communication is another weak point. Expectations are often unclear, and project details are poorly conveyed, leading to confusion and frustration among the team.

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