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 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nokia?

Software Engineer (1357) , Senior Software Engineer (501) , Project Manager (475) , R&D Engineer (368) , Technical Lead (290) , Engineer (287) , Software Developer (278) , Intern (235) , Technical Specialist (184) , Test Engineer (174) , Senior Engineer (157) , Program Manager (145) , 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 2360 reviews)); "flexible in timing and culture is good" ((in 1125 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 831 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 781 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 765 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 1181 reviews)); "bad management and stressful sometimes" ((in 570 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 240 reviews)); "bit unstable due to frequent layoffs" ((in 200 reviews)); "Selective and low compensation of staff" ((in 111 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

(18,686 total reviews)

Justin Hotard

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Nokia has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 18,686 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 Telekommunikation industry (3.6 stars).

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19K reviews

2.0

Apr 17, 2022

Avoid this company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A wide variety of products

Cons

Line managers with bad culture, cocky behavior and with no technical background. They do not care for work life balance of engineers and their technical path. Much politics and salaries below the average. Managers seems to be the boss here.

3.0

Mar 29, 2022

Nokia Bell Labs

Business development executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trying to change themselves and focus on telecom market innovations exclusively.

Cons

Difficult culture and managers. Does not know how to retain, hire, and fire.

2.0

Mar 25, 2022

Good colleagues, extremely vertical company and very inefficient communication between anybody.

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, with unique products that there are no concurrent player with similar. Good colleagues. Really nice people. Our boss(line manager) are 24/7 available to help and guide.

Cons

Terrible communication, I know the word is strong but it's true. Every thing goes by broadcast emails in a way that when we start at the morning, we do realize that there are 50 new emails that are not meant for us. You don't have space to create something new to help the company, I've already tried it. Many time wasting processes that could be done by a software are, STILL, done by us, in Excel spreadsheets. I mean, processes that take months, part of this is due to the terrible communication between anybody. The worst part is that your IT competences(AWS, Azure, C++, C#, Python, SQL, etc) except Linux is gonna be wasted. This is NOT to the company to blame but by the role itself.

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