Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,749 total reviews)
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Börje Ekholm

77% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,749 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 Telekommunikation industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Mar 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are very good. Medical clinic located on campus along with pharmacy. Very nice facilities. Unfortunately Ericsson did not inform employees of day to day business or goals so I cannot really so much about the company.

Cons

While building the new "Sprint" network they asked assistance from 2 additional companies in order to complete work. The other 2 companies were ready to go and Ericsson could not get their portion or their equipment up and running. Employee bonus was based on the completion of milestones. Lack of training on Ericsson equipment as well as Ericsson’s vague understanding of the network is the cause of decrease in bonus payout. The employee's in question were once Sprint so they knew what they were doing yet Ericsson management constrictions delayed most processes and caused too many delays.

2.0
Mar 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance dats it, will help if you want to prepare for CAT or other exams...

Cons

Quite a few: 1. Salary growth is low. Starting pay package is less and you can FORGET the so called performance bonus you had been promised during campus recruitment... You will NOT get it. 2. The work what I was doing as a GET is the same work a guy with 7-8 years work experience will be doing.... In short there is practically no growth or change in responsibilities as you get promoted(Only the designation will change) 3. The entire work is just report generation from Internal tools and you will just work on Excel sheets full time. 4. If you have technical mindset and have been a high achiever you will feel claustrophobic here. 5. The senior guys working with you have only field engineering (FE)experience and for them joining Ericsson was a dream come true as they all used to work before in contract/ off role profiles.In short you will find them too dumb if you have a NIT/IIT back ground. 6. If u can maintain a good rapport with your manager then you could get a decent rating else he is definitely(I reemphasize DEFINITELY ) gonna screw you with the rating as they need to follow the BELL CURVE CONCEPT in ratings. 7.If you get allotted the night shift project then your life is pretty much screwed as the night shift is PERMANENT then onwards.Initially you will enjoy it(as college passout), but later on you will regret it 8.Switching options are pathetic.

2.0
Mar 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back Culture Good Training Opportunities Decent benefits and perks

Cons

Tiny Workload Too bureaucratic Too easy to fly under the radar

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