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Extremely toxic and hostile - Anonymous employee Samsung Electronics America Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The Benefits and bonus are strong.

Cons

The majority of leaders (people managers) are not suited to lead people and resort to insanely toxic tactics to compensate for their incompentance. Micro management reigns supreme. HR is deeply broken. Forget anonymity. In fact, if you have an issue to report, expect HR to go directly to your boss and start gossiping about you to others. Seniors leaders do not inspire and have do not have any sense of vision. They just execute on what Korea HQ tells them to do. Zero career development. Work from home days are tracked and typically cannot exceed 2 per month. Zero trust in employees. The best talent leaves within 2 years, so at this point the only people left are in many cases damaged goods - manipulative, poor management skills, and deeply entrenched in office politics. Too many more to mention.

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Samsung Electronics America Response
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Thank you for your honest feedback. We understand the severity of your concerns and, since you are a current employee with SEA, we recommend that you reach out to your HR Business Partner in order to address your concerns directly. As a global organization, our environment is extremely busy and dynamic, but we understand that employees need time to recharge as well. Our team is enhancing our work-life balance initiatives through additions to our Flex Programs, which increase the work from home time you mentioned and provide employees with greater flexibility. These initiatives are open to all and we strongly recommend our employees take advantage of them. – Your People Experience Team

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