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Not a place to grow or learn

Lead Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Samsung for 6 years
July 27, 2020
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

You will get a timely salary.

They have this competency test to keep checking your programming skills.

So most people from Samsung you will find good in data structure.

Good to show the Samsung name on your resume only.

You will have good debugging skills if you are given time to do so.

Cons

Proper training is not there. You need to dig it out yourself, which is not an issue, I believe, unless someone starts poking you every now and then, like, "What happened to this issue?", "Did you complete?" and then after some time, "Do it fast, issues are piling up", "What is taking you so much time to do this simple task?".

I joined and left after 4.5 years (I know it sounds stupid, but I was scared of the outside world, as if I don't know anything, I can't answer any question—something like imposter syndrome, and I admit it). I changed only after every one of my close friends left finally.

The feeling I mentioned above was all because you don't get time to learn ever. If by chance you happen to open a page from where you can learn something, someone will surely poke you and ask, "Oh, so you are preparing for an interview?". Gosh!! Micromanagement everywhere.

They will overload you with the issues and would want you to fix it on that very day. You get issues at 5 PM, you should finish it even if it takes you 12 AM midnight; you stay, you complete, you go. (In some teams, of course, and unluckily, it was mine).

You are nothing but a bug fixer in the eyes of HQ guys. But I think you can learn more and get into any flow deeper if you are in Korea or in the Bangalore team than in the Noida office. You get into it, stay for 1.5 years or so, and just leave (as most of the new joiners are doing there).

Due to their competency test, you can be in touch with DS and try applying in top companies.

Advice to Management

Nothing, they do what they want to do. They can stop you from going home. At worst, they will call you back to the office when you are midway to your home and threaten you with severe consequences if not done so.

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