Nokia reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,684 total reviews)
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73% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Nokia has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 18,684 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
5.0
Jun 5, 2018

It depends....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nokia is a HUGE company, so it is critical to understand where you're going (will you be a part of Business Unit, Regional staff, Admin function that reports to Finland, etc.). Your experience will vary a Lot depending on where you work. I'm only familiar with a part of Nokia that develops networking equipment. The culture of this group is very different from the rest of the company. The group originally was formed by f-Alcatel purchase of a Silicon Valley start-up, so many people has done one+ start-ups and consequently the culture reflects it.

Cons

It's important to read Pros. Cons - you are a part of a very large company. If you're a superstar, it might not hurt you, but if you're "just a great above expectations employee", you might face with the fact that in order to increase xxx (whatever you want to increase), you'll have to look elsewhere. The pros - your paycheck comes regularly. The cons - it is hard to get anything special related to compensation because if your business/your role is doing great, there is certainly another business within such large company that is doing poorly. No stock (technically there is stock, but ... $5-stock with no stock grants is the same as "no stock)

4.0
May 22, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Technical work is challenging; people are great to work with; get to work with teammates in Europe on a daily basis.

Cons

Over the past 7 or 8 years there have been a lot of internal reorganizations with some people being placed in groups where they don’t belong. They need to hire some young talent.

2.0
May 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Usual corpo stuff, nothing really stands out.

Cons

Totally chaotic management, on both C** level and lower. Politics. Awful lots of politics. Low pay. Old boy network is pushing out enthusiastic skilled people leaving old guys who know and protect each other since 20 years. Old technologies. Practically impossible to get fired, hence people who do nothing. Sometimes teams of such people. Travel and education are blocked most of the time due to cost cutting. No working code of conduct. Toxic people are not addressed by management.

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