Know Korean to have an amazing experience - Engineer Samsung Electronics Employee Review

3.0
7 Jan 2013
Recommend
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Pros

1) If you learn Korean, opportunities are unlimited. 2) Depending on your team at Samsung Electronics, you can get amazing to mediocre work. I was lucky to have worked on some amazing technologies. Some of my friends in other teams weren't that lucky. 3) Global Help Desk - great support system. 4) Top management doing everything to include foreign employees

Cons

1) Bureaucratic 2) Glass ceiling if you can't speak Korean. You will never get real responsibilities, and no quality work. It all boils down to knowing the language and culture. 3) Multicultural for namesake. International employees are made to follow Korean culture, while they are not allowed to show their culture. No cultural exchange.

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5.0
26 Jun 2026
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Pros

Excellent management. Smart people. I feel safe there. They take reports seriously and thoroughly investigate wrongdoing and take action to protect employees.

Cons

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2.0
26 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great products. Everyone gets to travel at least once per year.

Cons

Low pay compared to top US electronics companies. Strong culture of favoritism — managers rarely promote on merit and frequently move the goalposts for employees outside their inner circle. Colleagues and managers regularly take credit for others' work. I personally witnessed and experienced what I believe to be gender and race-based inequities in how employees are treated and evaluated. HR was unresponsive when issues were raised.

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