Vantaggi
International ambitions because of increasingly competitive domestic market has forced Korean EPC companies overseas. Strong potential because of Samsung Group's brand name and balance sheet. Open-minded to a variety of deal types and geographic locations.
Svantaggi
The company does not operate on meritocracy. The tenure upon hire system for the Koreans and age-based advancement system drastically reduces employees' incentive to perform and instead propagates a lot of politics. More importantly, this environment slows down the skill development of its employees. There is widespread incompetence across multiple divisions, whether, technical, financial, legal, or corporate management. For example, investment committee heads who don't understand basic finance concepts or technical directors who can't read drawings. If one enters as a specialist in a certain field, Koreans will block every attempt to improve existing systems because of their fear of being exposed and general resentment about being paid less than foreigners. Most foreign hires are reduced to figurehead positions with no decision making power.