Does Nokia pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nokia employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nokia. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nokia?

81% of Nokia employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nokia 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nokia?

Software Engineer (1352) , Senior Software Engineer (501) , Project Manager (475) , R&D Engineer (368) , Technical Lead (288) , Engineer (287) , Software Developer (277) , Intern (235) , Technical Specialist (184) , Test Engineer (174) , Senior Engineer (157) , Program Manager (143) , Manager (142) , Network Engineer (139) , Product Manager (137)

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

"In most positions the work / life balance is good and working hours are normal." ((in 2362 reviews)); "Culture is good and friendly" ((in 1123 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 814 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 790 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 784 reviews))

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

"salary is low and not easy to get a promotion" ((in 1183 reviews)); "bad management and stressful sometimes" ((in 558 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 241 reviews)); "Lucent so layoffs are frequent." ((in 204 reviews)); "low compensation and some lost direction" ((in 103 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nokia layoffs in 2026?

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

Nokia reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,655 total reviews)

Justin Hotard

74% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

3.7

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 18,655 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

4.0

May 6, 2009

Promotions for lower grades aren't done in a fair way.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nokia is the number 1 in the world. No where in the UK does what Nokia does.

Cons

Salary is not mind-blowing, especially for lower technical grades. I.e. I saw an advert for a London bus driver which earns a similar salary!

3.0

May 3, 2009

Above-average benefits and Work/Life balance are the only exceptional things about working for Nokia

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work/Life Balance... you can pretty much name your own hours and people come and go as they please much of the time. Benefit are good versus the competition, at least they were back when I joined.

Cons

The Irving campus is so far from Finland sometimes it seems we might as well be a 3rd party. There's very little training made available to employees. You can never travel anymore, even if it would really help the project. No one wants to spend the money. There's pretty much no leadership in Irving... just a bunch of small groups banded together in the same office building. The working environment is "open"... a bunch of short-walled cubes that makes it easy to sit around and chat, hard to get work done.

3.0

Apr 28, 2009

No well defined career path

Automation testing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Managers were very understanding and reasonable. I never had problem asking for time off and communicating with my immediate managers. Benefits were nice and I had no complaints. Flexible working hours

Cons

Career advancement is not very well defined. Lack of communication between upper and lower management. Annoying security setup at the office.

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