Does Ericsson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ericsson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ericsson. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ericsson?

78% of Ericsson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ericsson 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ericsson?

Software Engineer (921) , Software Developer (702) , Integration Engineer (442) , Network Engineer (435) , Senior Software Engineer (434) , Engineer (425) , Solutions Architect (415) , Project Manager (378) , Solution Architect (348) , Senior Engineer (291) , Solution Integrator (270) , Intern (175) , Customer Project Manager (153) , Senior Solution Integrator (149) , Manager (135)

What are the pros of working at Ericsson according to real employee reviews?

"+ your colleagues will most likely hold a degree in engineering + very interesting processes + very interesting tasks + good work/life balance" ((in 2117 reviews)); "Culture is good and inspiring" ((in 1116 reviews)); "and good benefits and medical" ((in 942 reviews)); "There are few great people that are above the politics and who actually make things done." ((in 678 reviews)); "Work culture is good and productive" ((in 605 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ericsson according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries and very difficult to get promotions if you don't change job/role within the company" ((in 1256 reviews)); "Bad manager to employee ratio" ((in 308 reviews)); "Pay Is low and the performance review structure is set up to block pay rises." ((in 284 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs (every quarter) → 🚨 High risk → job security concern" ((in 264 reviews)); "Low compensation and too many low performers" ((in 120 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ericsson layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ericsson layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ericsson in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Ericsson locations?

Madrid , Málaga , Barcelona , Espartinas , Hospitalet , Valladolid

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Ericsson

Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,737 total reviews)

Börje Ekholm

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,737 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ericsson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

18K reviews

4.0

Sep 8, 2015

Great place to Learn

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Once you are in and settled you will be able to learn from several different ways as formal training, on the job training, web based courses, workshops, etc. The company is very big and there are many opportunities if you commit.

Cons

As any other company there is a lot of politics. Some managers are not worried about their employees growth. Most promotions happen very slowly, sometimes it is faster to get promoted if you leave the company and come back a year later.

3.0

Aug 30, 2015

Great place to work for a while

R&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance and fantastic team atmosphere. Telework is available. (expect for R&D designers) Really big and international company for such a long time. If one has his/her eyes wide open can learn a lot about how such a big Telco company run a business from many different departments/views Many good technical people who makes the real Ericsson business success. Pretty nice culture of respect to/from employees and great values Continuous lays off with not so bad conditions, nice option to consider seriously if you are good at your job! (it's the best raise you'll ever have)

Cons

Salary below market/competitors with very small raises Completely unfair salary policy, no difference between being a very good engineer and a very bad engineer (just a few euros difference per year). This salary policy makes best engineers leave and jeopardize the future of the company in Spain (impossible to retain best engineers) Lot of overhead in old departments (many people don't add any value and have big salaries) making very inefficient and costly departments. Most of the managers/project managers have no idea about technical stuff and they don't want to have it, what is even worse! HR doesn't not exist.

3.0

Aug 24, 2015

HR IT Solution Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Paying good for support functions. Work from home

Cons

Constants redundacy programs Strategy to move everything into low cost locations

Viewing 169 - 171 of 17,737 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Huawei Technologies

3.6★Compensation & Benefits

Nokia

3.5★Compensation & Benefits

Ooredoo Group

3.5★Compensation & Benefits

Orange

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at Ericsson

Change Maker Internship

System Manager 5GC-3GPP CT4 Back Office