Sony Electronics reviews

Extreme politics between groups and corporations within the Sony umbrella. Non Japanese corporations and employees are treated as second class. The standard project life cycle is the following: 1) Non Japanese group develops technology, iterating through releases until there is some success, either technical, or sales. 2) Japanese group identifies the successful project, transfers/consumes the knowledge, and responsibility. 3) Original development group is disbanded, or left to fend for itself on what ever new project it can muster.

Not a great environment for an MBA-type. Very old school, and old boys club in terms of environment. "Post Office" type of organization where keeping your head down, developing relationships, and just being at the office will eventually move you up the ladder or at least create strong job security. Not a place for people who want to rise quickly and make change happen. This will probably chnage as company becomes more and more impacted by the rise of newcomers to industry (Smasung in TV, Apple in portable devices, etc) but the overall stratification of the organization will make rapid changes difficult to deploy. Also a very Japanese-centric work environment on a number of fronts -- employees often work 8-midnight in order to get the US business complete while waiting for Tokyo to "wake-up" and provide direction. Not a true marketing organization, but instead a "sales office" -- this means that many decisions need to have the input and/or arte made by the teams in Tokyo. Because of this the Sales Organization is the powerhouse of the company and has tremendous power, which makes marketing even less impactful.