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      Sony reviews

      3.9

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (3,192 total reviews)
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      Kenichiro Yoshida

      89% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      Sony has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,192 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 Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Aug 21, 2008

      Sony Ericsson - a well recomended company to start your career in

      Section manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There's lots to do - you get a lot of responsibilities very early in your career. The market and the products are exiting and get a lot of attention in media and amongst freinds. An extremely network-based company. Things change so fast that a lot of things aren't documented - you get effective by understanding who can help you within the company. A major reorganization occurs somewhere in the company every 4 months. As an individual you are affected every 6-8 months in some way or another.

      Cons

      No attention to quality. Macho management style. Promotions only based on network contacts - not results or competence. Market is unstable; lots of changes occur everyday. Unstable future due to this.

      2.0
      Jul 31, 2008

      Not a great company to work for but good enough for work life balance.

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance is quite good. The management gives some value to your personal life. Also, the pressure to deliver is less. But as far as a Japanese company in US goes, this might be the best company. The benefits are long term oriented. It used to be that jobs at Sony were stable enough for the long term oriented benefits but no longer is the case. The jobs in US are mostly research oriented. So, it is easy to find highly skilled people here. Stock options used to be selectively given but this might have been stopped as of now. Knowing Japanese is an advantage here.

      Cons

      Quite a lot. The culture is very different. Everything is very secretive. The employees are not communicated from the top. There is a very deep heirarchy and it is difficult to people who are accustomed to US style of working to adjust. Not knowing Japanese is a big disadvantage as people talk in Japanese during meetings. Very limited Growth opportunity. Management does not have guts to speak out or do something radical. Compensation is quite poor compared to the industry. They have asked me to not share salary details of my future company with the current co-workers to stop them from leaving.

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