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Working at Sony in San Diego, CA: 46 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Diego, CA Area

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On average, employees in San Diego, CA at Sony give their company a 2.6 rating out of 5.0 based on 46, whereas overall Average Rating of Sony is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 175 Sony Review Ratings. The happiest Sony employees in San Diego, CA are Warehouse Supervisors submitting an average rating of 5.0 and IT Services Engineers also with a rating of 5.0.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 97 Sony Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.2
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"I've worked in SONY & SVA Electronics Co., Ltd. This company locates in Shanghai, China. It's the best and the largest plant that Sony invested in China for producing digital video camera, film camera, network conference system and surveillance camera. Chasing the highest quality is the only goal of the company. Good environment, culture and strict managing style and structure. Providing stable promoting opportunities."
Posted 10 years ago in China, ME

Working at Sony in San Diego, CA: 46 Employee Reviews

IT Services Engineer

What do you like about working at Sony?

"I love working at Sony because I get to learn more how to fix complicated laptop issues"

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

"Working for Sony is a good company to advance your career"

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"I have nothing that I do not like about Sony"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management team is great and they should keep up the good work"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Warehouse Supervisor

"Im a Fast learner gets along with everyone who has allot warehouse knowledge."

What do you like about working at Sony?

"I liked the way I was able to grow with the company"

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

"This is a great company to work and grow with."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"I did not like the fact that layoffs had to happen"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wish they would have found other ways of cut backs without lay offs."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.0
Sony (175)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is DEFENDER Direct (13)
1.8 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Hampton Forge (8)
3.5 Average of All Companies in this Industry (13,143)
Maintenance Specialist
People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5 Support You Get 5 / 5
Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5 Company Culture 4.9 / 5
Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Software Lead
Work Setting 4.8 / 5 Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.6 / 5
Growth Opportunities 5 / 5 Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Buyer
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.6 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Android Application Developer

"Good exposure to Android platform."

What do you like about working at Sony?

"Very good team collaboration, great working environment, opportunity to work on large android code base."

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

"Just know about the company and its products before the interview."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"The company is not currently making the the products that gives them a good market share in various market segments and its market share in most of the products has drastically declined."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It should look for reducing the price of the products and consider changing its market strategies like focusing on Ad revenue with services instead of monthly charge for the services.(like making Sony Network Entertainments services free instead of monthly service charge etc)."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
QA Engineer

"So proud to be part of great organization and working closely to Yahoo for"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"GREAT Company. Great Brands, great projects and great people in my group. Very flexible in time and very trusty to their employee that gives you an easy environment to work for. very friendly"

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

"As a developer knowing Android developing is a plus here"

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"Limitation on the projects and ideas that employees have. Everything needs to be approved by Japan and that takes log time. Not good in a competitive market."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not my manager but the global Managers need to know the US market better."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Financial Analyst

What do you like about working at Sony?

"I like to clear the issues and contribute to the company by providing financial information. So that management can make appropriate business decisions."

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

"This company is big organizations and so many different people are working. So even if you cannot get what you want, just try to another within the company."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"Due to the economy, some of business functions are downsized."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We should think about customers' needs and satisfaction. so It will increase company revenue and we share the fruits."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Security Analyst

What do you like about working at Sony?

"It is not your standard cut and dry corporate environment, but more geared to run off the knowledge of their highly skilled engineers."

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

"Be yourself, think critically and don't be afraid to let your star shine."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"New divisions have growing pains and ours is no exception. Lucky for the employees is that we get to be active in fostering its growth WITH management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep going! I have nothing but positive things to say about all my interactions with management here."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Security Risk Analyst

"I would not recommend working in the Risk & Contingency Management department or in the Vulnerability Management Department. I would recommend working for any of the other departments."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
QA Engineer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 4.2 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Mechanical Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Growth Opportunities 3.8 / 5 Company Culture 4.1 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Sony Employee

"Great company with amazing products. Opportunity to learn many things."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Category Planner

"Pleasantly Challenging"

What do you like about working at Sony?

"I had the great opportunity of working specifically with the Digital Imaging Product Group. As a photographer, that allowed me to match my passion with my position. There was good opportunity for growth and learning."

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

"Professionalism balanced with current technology and style knowledge is key for working at Sony."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"One of the main challenges was the amount of time expected. Since I worked at the retail level of the company, there was a 24/7 - 365 need. I did find it challenging that, even on vacation, I was expected to be available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To be honest, the management team I worked with at Sony were some of the best people I've worked with. Given the stressful, fast paced world that was Sony online retail presence, I feel they did a great job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
QA Manager

"Great, multicultural opportunities."

What do you like about working at Sony?

"I enjoyed the opportunity to make a difference in product and process quality. The multicultural environment was also a great setting."

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

"Let them know how well-rounded you are and how you fit into a multicultural environment."

What don't you like about working at Sony?

"I wish that I were still working at Sony Electronics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help to envision the future better for products and competition."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

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