Sony reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,198 total reviews)
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Kenichiro Yoshida

90% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Sony has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,198 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sony employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Jul 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Professional Experience 2012 - Configuration Manager. Stoneridge Electronic AB • Participate in projects for the development and maintenance of products in production and spare parts. The main objective is to keep good order and structure of product management in projects. • Identify and manage variants / configurations of products. • Moderate baseline reviews. • Attend Change Control Board (CCB) meetings. (When applicable) • Ensure that all versions have full traceability and can be recovered at any time. • Establish the overall product release to operations including Bill of Materials (BOM) and product baselines. • Archive product documents. • Ensure that the process for Configuration Management followed. • Be generally supportive of the product CM-related issues. • Identify and suggest improvements to the product / document numbering system. • Register, maintenance, and send information about the material content of products in the database material IMDS care of briefings and reports of product structures • Provides support to project members • Writes the CM plan and monitors compliance • Review and release of a new revision of the document and the product • Perform configuration audits • Participates in the iteration and integration plans 2011-2012 Configuration Manager, Bombardier • Takes care of briefings and reports of product structures • Provides support to project members • Users of Synergy interpret the information correctly. • Writes the CM plan and monitors compliance • Review and release of a new revision of the document and the product • Driver CCB and have control of change management • Perform configuration audits • Participates in the iteration and integration plans 2004-2011 Configuration Manager, Sony Ericsson responsible for project management, training, implementation, time and quality As CM my work data • Responsible for documentation

Cons

Can not do without working

4.0
Jul 15, 2016

Director

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong technological heritage. Excellent people. Strong branding and innovation. Wide range of segments, sectors and areas addressed. R&D strong in some areas.

Cons

Lack of consolidated leadership - split in to silos still. Slow reaction and excessive bureaucracy. Unable to change. Backward facing rather than dynamic forward-thinking. Need to be more innovative.

5.0
Jul 14, 2016

Global Program Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Oppotunity to meet people, learning global Marketing and corporate Business

Cons

Working long hours, sometimes seeing Gap between Tokyo HQ and local working style

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