How is Samsung doing now a days? [India]

Tekion
mhhgs

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mhhgs
Sep 30, 2021 15 Comments

How is Samsung, for a early stage career?

How is the Samsung Brand for career?
I am looking for a good Brand as well, that can help me in future to land interviews at Google, Facebook easily (after 1-2 years).
Also, when do they planning to get back to office?

Currently I am working in a no name startup, maybe it can be a unicorn soon. But have bad wlb.

TC : ₹14 lpa (Not Tekion)

#engineering #software #swe

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  • Samsung
    vIMH67

    Go to company page Samsung

    vIMH67
    Depends on the team, don't listen to generalized statements here. I know people who left within 6 months and also people who are very happy with their work and team and have published multiple research papers.
    Oct 1, 2021 1
    • New
      Soli69420

      New

      Soli69420
      How is it for someone interested in backend development? I heard SRIB has lot of divisions. Do we get to choose our teams? Sorry if question seems a bit stupid, I'm a fresher
      Jan 27
  • Samsung / R&D
    jojo_star

    Go to company page Samsung R&D

    jojo_star
    NOT recommended. Try to avoid SRIB at all cost. The overall attitude of people at SRIB is pathetic. People rarely reply to your emails. Senior members are getting promoted based on age and most of them are good for nothing. Work is team specific. Most of the teams work on cutting edge technology but some team work on technology that is highly specific to Samsung and no other org works on that. TC is not comparable to top tech companies. Benefits are laughable. Employee discounts are a scam. You get better discount at Amazon. Lot of bias based on your college is also present (good if you’re from IIT). Unnecessary pressure to complete competency tests (they’re not that difficult though). The worst part is their IT infra and HR policies. They use internet explorer for everything. For chats they have their own application which sucks. Meetings are terrible. Lot of communication is on telephone/mobile rather than slack. Extreme level of security, to the point that the experience of employees gets hampered. You can’t take your laptop outside, can’t bring personal devices inside, etc. Also, I would say SRIB is a frugal org. They hardly spend anything on employee well-being. Lastly, the engineering culture at SRIB is really bad, management suck and their is rarely any support. Their covid situation management was pathetic, they were on hiring freeze, employees were forced to take leave and many were asked to look for jobs in SSIR and other orgs. Initially there was no WFH infrastructure. Even after some time into covid situation, employees were forced to work from office. If you have no other options and SRIB offer is 20-30% better than your current job then you can join temporarily and leave ASAP.
    Oct 3, 2021 3
    • Samsung / R&D
      jojo_star

      Go to company page Samsung R&D

      jojo_star
      Yeah they were on hiring freeze around July 2020. They are not on hiring freeze anymore. They even postponed joining of those new hires who were supposed to join in July 2020 to some time in 2021 if I remember correctly. This year there is a great push for hiring.
      Oct 3, 2021
    • Samsung / R&D
      jojo_star

      Go to company page Samsung R&D

      jojo_star
      College bias is real at each level. IIT people are paid 25lpa+ whereas tier 2 college grads are paid 16lpa. Some SRs pay 3-4lpa to tier 3 grads. Even during team allotment, people from IIT are given preference. The real research team, called Advance research team (ART) is only for IIT people. Other teams are more into pure software development. This bias is seen even during appraisal process. Managers are supposed to keep the ratings in bell curve so tier 2 grads take the hit because supposedly IIT people can’t be given low rating. 🙃
      Oct 3, 2021
  • Samsung
    FlyingStar

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    FlyingStar
    It all depends on the team. Samsung as a brand has good repo. I have seen my teammates switching to Google/Amazon/Microsoft etc.

    Currently they started opening offices with 30% occupancy. May be by January 2022 they will open with 100%
    Sep 30, 2021 1
  • Samsung / Eng
    uncl

    Go to company page Samsung Eng

    uncl
    Support what vlMH67 has said above. Depends on the team. Some team have very good work culture and can provide you adequate learning opportunities, while in some teams you can just chill and enjoy life.
    Regarding interview calls later, Samsung as a brand has good reputation so you will get calls from IT giants in India easily. For FB however you might have to switch or get lucky.
    Oct 1, 2021 1
  • InMobi
    jyr421

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    jyr421
    Not a good choice for early stage in career. Had joined Samsung as fresher after getting PPO in SRI-b. Left after 6 months due less learning and slow work.
    Sep 30, 2021 1