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Stable But Highly Restricted

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Samsung for 2 years
April 16, 2018
Moscow, Moskva
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Work stability, no layoffs.

Cons

They count your working hours. ROFL.

Huge-size company with every possible internet restriction, interfering with your job (slow proxies, broken SSLs, inhibition of entire protocols like tcp/22, forbidden access to socials where software engineers debate techies, etc.).

Non-trust culture: Everyone suspects everyone else.

No space for technical growth: If you want to take a training, that is NOT included in your work time. That's ridiculous in a fast-paced, changing world.

If you work as a Software Engineer, you have to take some incredibly messed-up internal algorithm proficiency certifications in C or Java, not recognized anywhere else, of course.

Internal portals are like labyrinths, impossible to understand. Some work only on Windows. Some may prompt JS popups in Korean and kill your browser entirely.

Bureaucracy for anything that's easy: If you need a headphone, you must ask for 10 approvals, with a chain of command going up to almost the company CEO.

You can take your first PTO day after at least 6 months, which I think is even illegal.

Advice to Management

Update the corporate culture to 2018.

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