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On average, employees at Sanmina-SCI give their company a 3.8 rating out of 5.0 - which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Sanmina-SCI employees are Manufacturing Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.5.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 46 Sanmina-SCI Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.5
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
3.6
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
3.8
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Test Engineer

"Very good place to start out at."

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"They worked on some very high tech products."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Some of the very good managers persued other careers."

Technical Support Representative

"Excellent work environment"

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"The environment and people/coworkers is very friendly and conducive to success."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
Sanmina-SCI (78)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Sigma Designs (5)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Polara Engineering (6)
3.9 Average of All Companies in this Industry (20,231)
Quality Engineer

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Quality Control, SPC, and AUDIT"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Hiring uneducated personel from bus stops"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No suggestions since the plant is shut down"

Process Technician

"Very good and thank you."

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Engineering and technical jobs"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Non-technical jobs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please evaluate the productivity of employee"

Process Engineer

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Management and Senior Engineers would never be available for help when asked"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the workers and operators"

Regulatory Compliance Officer

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"World travel"

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

"Give it a go-you might like it"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Weekend travel"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to keep your best people"

Program Administrator

"I truly enjoyed my first experience in a large corporate culture, as someone with a background in local small business, and a small business owner, I felt as if I could have grown with the company if they were not forced to downsize."

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"I enjoyed the job as a whole. The tasks were challenging and the customer interaction was rewarding. Coming from an environrment where I did program management on a much smaller scale as a small business owner, it educated me greatly to see similar processes working on a much larger scale."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"The company was always on the verge of laying people off and it created an environment where it felt like no matter what you did, you were always about to be laid off. The company did not pay very well and there was not much room at the time for growth. I also started missing networking with other business professionals on a daily basis."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The direct management of this company were an excellent group of people who truly cared about doing the right thing for the company, it's employees and the customers. These values are ones that I still hold very dear and I instill into all my staff at the small business that I own on the side."

Test Engineer

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"I have a medical insurance and a great boss"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"I don't have opportunities to grow up and development"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More growing up options"

Senior Planner

"excellant company that was both challenging and rewarding."

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Great team oriented group that any employee should experience."

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

"Be honest."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"In southern California..."

Utility Operator

"Definitely a starter company for someone young and just starting out, but where you can learn skills that will help you throughout your life."

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"It was my first real job and it was fine for what it was."

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

"Good place to start."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Payscale was not very good, which is why I left."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"With the resources they put in to training, they should make more of an effort to keep people who have excelled."

Production Quality Engineer

"interesting"

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"have to multI task, rresposible for several customers"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"better consideration for the employees in a very busy enviroment"

Contract Engineer

"good place for contract work"

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Good people"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"unsettled conditions make for lots of internal politics"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Place more value on employees"

Senior Business Development Manager

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Very little, it is the most non professional organization I have ever been affiliated with"

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

"Fly below the radar, the company cannot stomach a passion to conduct business with a measure of inteligence."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"Overabundance of management, ineffective metrics, lack of ownership and a lack of reality in forecast and budgeting"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"spend some time to familiarize themselves with their customer base and their markets."

SMT Technician

"realistic"

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"co--worker's"

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"no real opportunities for advancement, management is to political, a suckass can advance on the work of other's, innocent can take the heat for other's mistake's."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"judge worker's on merit and not who their friend's with, give praise when and where it is due."

Auditing Manager

"Good"

What do you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"My position was very challenging and game me some insite on auditing a maunfacturing company, which was totally different from auditing financial institution. No loan portfolio with Sanmina-SCI."

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

"To be truthful about one's qualification before interviewing for the position."

What don't you like about working at Sanmina-SCI?

"We were always understaffed. We went from 15 auditors to less than five in less than a year. However, we were expected same audit coverage with limited staff. Traveling became more frequent due to undersatff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To maintain adequate staff members for the size of the company in order to maintain quality audit coverage. Continuing education should be part of the growth process for new auditors."

Sanmina-SCI Reviews FAQs

Is Sanmina-SCI a good company to work for?

Sanmina-SCI has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 46 Sanmina-SCI Review Ratings left anonymously by Sanmina-SCI employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 93% of employees would recommend working at Sanmina-SCI.

Does Sanmina-SCI pay their employees well?

Sanmina-SCI employees earn $55,000 annually on average, or $26 per hour, which is 17% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 22 Sanmina-SCI employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Sanmina-SCI Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Sanmina-SCI?

93% of employees would recommend working at Sanmina-SCI with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Sanmina-SCI 3.5 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.6 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Sanmina-SCI?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Sanmina-SCI is a VP of Business Development at $171,000 annually. Browse Sanmina-SCI Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Sanmina-SCI?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Sanmina-SCI is a Administrative Clerk at $18,000 annually. Browse Sanmina-SCI Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Sanmina-SCI?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Sanmina-SCI to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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