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 (922) , Software Developer (702) , Integration Engineer (443) , Network Engineer (435) , Senior Software Engineer (433) , Engineer (425) , Solutions Architect (415) , Project Manager (378) , Solution Architect (349) , 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 2132 reviews)); "Culture is good and inspiring" ((in 1106 reviews)); "and good benefits and medical" ((in 940 reviews)); "There are few great people that are above the politics and who actually make things done." ((in 703 reviews)); "Work culture is good and productive" ((in 596 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 1257 reviews)); "Bad manager to employee ratio" ((in 301 reviews)); "Pay Is low and the performance review structure is set up to block pay rises." ((in 289 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs (every quarter) → 🚨 High risk → job security concern" ((in 265 reviews)); "Low compensation and too many low performers" ((in 116 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.

Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,751 total reviews)

Börje Ekholm

77% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,751 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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18K reviews

2.0

Jun 21, 2025

It's ok, until they need to make quarterly numbers.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers were great. Pay was decent. Benefits were inlne with industry standard.

Cons

Ericsson (specifically their US business units) lays people off to get a quarterly boost. Every quarter. They specifically target folks that are either out on parental leave or vacation for lay offs. After all, if your not there for a week or 2, you must not be important to the company. Then once they realize they need the role, they hire someone in India for pennies, and work them 70 hours a week.

3.0

Jun 17, 2025

Lack of common sense

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good pay, good benefits, no rush or crunch

Cons

Lack of common sense, like documenting how the code works or creating a good onboarding material or creating a usable test environment or not to push failing tests onto master. For the past months we made countless assumptions on how other microservices work, because there were no documentation, knowledge only travels by word of mouth. And we have to work from the office 3 days/week.

3.0

Jun 17, 2025

Really Poor Recruitment/Talent Acquisition experience

Head of privacy

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Interview experience was enjoyable - but see 'Cons'.

Cons

Reached the very last stage of a senior position with Ericsson to be rejected by email - no phone call, no personal feedback - indeed I had to chase the TA recruiter for an answer 4 days after the date at which I was told the hiring decision would be made. Really poor experience.

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