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Know Korean to have an amazing experience

Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Samsung for 4 years
January 7, 2013
Seoul, South Korea
3.0
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Pros
  1. If you learn Korean, opportunities are unlimited.

  2. Depending on your team at Samsung Electronics, you can get amazing to mediocre work. I was lucky to have worked on some amazing technologies. Some of my friends in other teams weren't that lucky.

  3. Global Help Desk - great support system.

  4. Top management is doing everything to include foreign employees.

Cons
  1. Bureaucratic
  2. Glass ceiling if you can't speak Korean. You will never get real responsibilities or do quality work. It all boils down to knowing the language and culture.
  3. Multicultural for namesake. International employees are made to follow Korean culture, while they are not allowed to show their culture. No cultural exchange.
Advice to Management
  1. Give more opportunities to young employees.
  2. It'll be great to see lower management making an active effort to include international employees. Only top management is trying.

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