Perks overshadowed by toxic culture and slow pace - Senior Software Engineer SmartThings Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

• Lots of snacks • Some smart engineers

Cons

• Slow moving behemoth due to being a part of Samsung • Toxic positivity culture • Releases software 2 times a years • Leadership constantly strong armed by Samsung • Just laid off 30% of employees, outlook and moral look bad • Samsung is pressuring to take away perks and benefits and force people in office. • In recent layoffs disproportionately terminated women employees

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5.0
28 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Given lots of opportunities - Respectful people - Hard work is often recognized

Cons

- Can be extremely fast paced at times - Last minute feature requests from Samsung is not uncommon.

4.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

the people are great to work with but the pay is average and the work is intereresting

Cons

pay is average but their promotions are very hard. its easier to find a new job than to get promoted at smartthings things.

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