Stay away from Smartthings / GIC / Samsung
Pros
Dedicated employees IoT market growing and evolving quickly Pays well for some roles
Cons
SmartThings is potentially one of the worst-run companies in Silicon Valley. At SmartThings there is little to no attention to employee development, culture, or long-term vision. Company priorities change with heavy influence from Korean managers who have little to no knowledge of market needs. Project timelines are arbitrarily pushed on engineers, who take the brunt of the load. Though there are recent improvements, this pattern comes from the top. SmartThings recently experienced a layoff that has shattered morale, with people only recently hired let go just as quickly and given limited notice a sub-par severance. Some employees lost long-term payouts. Company leadership, including the CEO and in particular Dora Hsu, are way over their heads and have little to no engagement with or respect for their teams. GIC, the holding company that oversees SmartThings, is equally out of touch in its management of incubation and acquired companies. Unless you have limited options, stay away.
