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      4.0

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (18,673 total reviews)
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      Justin Hotard

      73% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      Nokia has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 18,673 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nokia employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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      19K reviews
      2.0
      Mar 2, 2012

      Work almost 24/7 and many weekends are gone

      Ims-sdm engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary and package Good line managers State of the art facility and tool Great muti-cultural people and background colleagues

      Cons

      Not winning enough & important project Not profitable (Do they know how to run a company to profit or not) Very dis-organize - Work weekends and nights, work scheduling is improper Job future unknown - soldier on Increment was not given due to fact was ask to give to those more deserve of it - Those who didn't negotiate well before joining (we have to suffer to for them) Too many re-organization and policies keep changing (given excuse world is changing, deal with it) Not enough training given - Force to support and be oncall without proper documents and training.

      1.0
      Jan 4, 2012

      Nokia can´t make it

      Mid-level manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Felxible hours, you can organize your working time and time off - Somehow competitive salary - In the heart of the technology fight - Truly global player

      Cons

      Nokia is a hardware company that comes from market domination during the ´90 and beginning of 2000 and is now set to a low market segment, where hardware plays a very secondary role. Elop set a new strategy, but: - Thr machine is extremely slow to react - Senior managers are unable to lead anywhere - Political wars are the everyday standard, especially in Location and Commerce Unit - Forget about career, the senior management does not leave any free space for people below - Any decision takes ages to be implemented and will be reviewed constatly (there are projects with no product release at all after 3 years, but still existing!!)

      2.0
      Oct 21, 2011

      I had big expectations and belief to this company, but my belief fainted over the last three years.

      Human resources business partner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have had really nice and sweet managers (3 in three years) everybody is really nice, but as they have been middle managers with too little power, I assume their possibilities and willingness to manage the subordinants careers has been limited. Freedom an worklife balance are OK. Working hours are not counted, but the finnish 37,5 hour work week affects so that Nokia House is empty by 4 pm every day. I don't believe this is a good thing from the business side, but you stress levels are in your own hands. Also you can havea remote access to the office any time ad work from home when you wish. Nokia has invested alot in to new communication measures last year. The internal social media applications are really good (minority contributes, but good anyway). In average the mindset of the workforce is quite flexible and open! As a top talent it is easy to gain more salary and education.

      Cons

      Many managers are promoted when they have shown enough loyalty to the company; this is why many of them don't have best skills to be team leaders or change management skills. I have understood in the end they are like puppets to the big guys above them. The most disturbing behavioural phenomenon in the organizational culture seems to be "Plenty of buzz and talk, resources first, but then even big projects can be buried in a silence. Nokia has not yet managed to have performance driven culture, as not just the performance reviews, but also tasks and projects are shared not so fairly. Talent management is poor. it mainly concentrates in the top guys in the director positions and to those once got the positive stigma "top talent". Top talent rating is hard to get, and the rating is kept secret even from the top talent him self. Many top talent loose the motivation, or are promoted too fast. On the otherside there are many talented people left frustrated. Plenty of tabous in the organization. Different people are not really allowed and different thinking dies quickly. Seem to be that the true power is in hand of few, how have been in the company since the 90's. Everybody seems nice, but you don't really know whattey are thinking, or are they just staying in the company because during the good Nokia years they got such a good salary they couldn't get the same anywhere else?

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