Career Trap - Anonymous employee Samsung Electronics Employee Review

1.0
7 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Innovative products and strong R&D team. - Big brand name.

Cons

- Political. - Korean-centric. - Dictatorial management style. - Underqualified Korean expariates stationed at overseas offices to take on mid-level leadership roles. - These business managers has strong power in decision making but bears little responsibility if outcome is poor. Those under them become scapegoats unfortunately. - Appraisal system is flawed, and can be easily influenced by the likings of these business managers. - Incompetent HR that only act according to these Koreans' and head office's instructions, and has little mindshare on the welfare of local employees. - No career development. - High staff turnover.

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Pros

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Cons

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