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Top-tier product, but a dirty culture. Renowned for overwork

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Samsung for 20 years
March 12, 2017
Suwŏn, Gyeonggi Province
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Company value is high for their representative products (Mobile, Semiconductor (DRAM), TV).

  • They will survive for the long term due to a strong business portfolio (they are DRAM & System LSI leaders and also the global market share No. 1 mobile & TV maker).

  • Product quality is very high. Apple iPhone purchases Samsung Display & Samsung Application Processor chips.

Cons
  • Communication is impossible or powerless, a totally Korean culture-based company.

  • Extremely overworked all days.

  • Two-tier, absolutely relative appraisal, like old Microsoft & GE. If five smart guys work together, one or two men should get very poor appraisal.

  • No communication with a vertical culture, like the Army.

  • All the executives and bosses make decisions not for future success, but for today's survival.

  • Severe moral hazard problem in their mother country. Corrupted & outlaw owner.

  • Too many product models, only monetizing. No philosophy & culture, only for money-making decisions.

  • Young new owner always shows failure when he ran his own business before.

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