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Politics Over Performance, Poor Pay

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Samsung for less than 1 year
September 28, 2010
San Jose, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

401K match by employer, job stability, cash-rich company

Cons

The culture promotes politics more than hard work. Managers control 25% bonus payout, without which salary is not competitive in the market. There is too much control by management to spend office hours past 8 PM. In comparison to the profit Samsung makes, they don't even want to pay for dinner for people staying late. At times, politics based on which company you have worked for earlier destroys the culture and creativity.

Advice to Management

Hire managers who are technical and can relate to the engineers, and not just show off their expensive German cars.

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