Technical Product Manager - Technical Product Manager Samsung Research America Employee Review

1.0
10 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, benefits, food. Cafeteria is not bad. People generally seem nice. They know what they need and will do anything to get it.

Cons

Long hours, highly deceptive job description, verbally abusive and colluding facilities department. There is no direction and Korean style mentally is toxic for American employees. Avoid if possible. Made the mistake of joining (moving from a far location) now it has effectively destroyed my career. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. You guys are very lucky I didn't file a law suit. These word can only scratch the surface......Verbally abusive. Physically abusive. Profanity. Racist. Sexist. Senseless. Backward thinking. Idea stealers. Back stabbing. Typical 1960s Korean politics mentally. You cannot run this place like a 1960 Korean military style. We are not at war. And don't just use people up and throw them away. Eventually these things catch up to the organization. Bad leaderships collapses in on itself. Also. Word of advice. True innovation happens on the next curve, not just copying and putting things together. That's not innovation. You will eventually lose talent. It's doesn't matter if you get ahead by building memory chips with more power. The company will eventually collapse from within. The secret behind most success if work ethnic. By far you guys work the hardest in the valley. But re work is not effective. And neither is just blasting people for more work when they are overworked to begin with. Never work for another company like this again. God you people are horrible. You know who I am so don't even bother replying to this.

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Samsung Research America Response
10y
These are very serious and troubling allegations. While this review is not representative of our culture, I take this allegation very seriously. Making sure we have a safe and supportive workplace is our top priority, and it would be helpful if you will confidentially contact me or our legal team.

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