Working at Sony in San Jose, CA: 14 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

"very good compensation and culture. Good upper management"

"I completed my intern at sony and searching for a full time job in a good challenging role at a company."

"Sony was a great company 10 years ago, but due to inability to change and become agile, they have lost their leadership in most consumer and professional products. Japan management is unwilling to allow other countries to lead or excel in product development."

"Too many job cuts, not enough people to perform the jobs. Bad decisions making the last 10 years by management."

"I worked at Sony Electronics for over 10 years and really enjoyed the work, my boss, and coworkers. However, Sony is a big company and is very slow to acknowledge problems and change. This has causes global financial problems throughout the company and led to my group being closed in spite of our success record."

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Big company, lots of interesting projects, Flat organization. Good networking."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure your position is in a high growth business, not a decline."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"Lots of force reduction, company is struggling to compete in consumer marketplace"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on development and new products, less on televisions and areas where the company cannot compete."

"image processing / computer vision / medical imaging / machine learning /"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"The working environment is nice and colleagues are very supportive"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No particular tips for others interviewing with this company. Equal opportunities"

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"No particular reasons for me to dislike current working company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No particular suggestions to my current working company. It is fine."

"Great place to gain knowledge"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Discipline,Work ethics,latest technologies"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"just be cool"

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"no growth opportunities"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Appreciation for hard work and consider suggestions from Team"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Driving revenue at an industry leader."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"Multiple layers of management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce layers of management."

"I never felt secure. The company was constantly going through reorganizations."

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Interacting with the people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"A reference of working in a fortune 500 company is very beneficial."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"There was no job security."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There should have been better communication as to the company's overall objective for our department."

"depending on the division, products and Management, it was a GREAT place"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"products, reputation, power, technology, integrity"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"patience"

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"politics, product delays, slow to react"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"listen to the market v 'building it and they will come'"

"Great workplace"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"It gave me a career path that I enjoy."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great Company. Go for it."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"They laid-off my team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire me back."

"Sony is a good company to work for"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Sony have flexible schedule and good employee discounts on Sony products"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No Micromanagement"