Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,725 total reviews)
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Börje Ekholm

77% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,725 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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3.0
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It is one of the big telecom equipment players and is best performing company in its sector, great global brand, very good compensation plans, opportunities to travel and improve competence.

Cons

Swedish company with global business, slow, smart and arrogant. Lots of politics no different to any other big company. Not the young company that it once was.

1.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

My opinion is surely biased, but I can't find anything good to say. If it's just a personal case, there will be plenty of positive comments to outweight this one.

Cons

Being treated like a number, not like a person. Suffering the effects of high-level decisions that don't have any apparent rationale behind. Being told stories about fairness, respect, professionalism while getting kicks in the face (especially if you work outside of Sweden, or in an acquired Company) The only approved way of managing upwards is being a Yesman.

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Ericsson Europe is team-oriented and fun to work at, although it is quite bureaucratic. Health benefits are quite good although Ericsson U.S. has becoming gradually worse in terms of health benefits. The engineers are usually very dedicated and fun to work with. The management is sometimes NOT.

Cons

Ericsson U.S. is unstable. The jobs keep moving back and forth between U.S. and Canada, and they keep closing down offices and opening new offices, so you have to live out of your suitcase. The stock price is bad and it keeps crawling up and then again takes a plunge. The stock price is far from its height in 2001. Year 2002 the company was near bankruptcy and managed to survive by borrowing money from its employees through a stock offer plan. The management teams in Ericsson U.S. are the worst ever. They keep putting people fresh off the boat in management positions and let them run their teams like a sweat shop in Mumbai. They suck the life out of you and work you to death and the pay is outrageously low.

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