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 (1358) , Senior Software Engineer (502) , Project Manager (475) , R&D Engineer (368) , Technical Lead (291) , 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 2356 reviews)); "flexible in timing and culture is good" ((in 1110 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 835 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 780 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 775 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 1202 reviews)); "bad management and stressful sometimes" ((in 565 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 229 reviews)); "Too many layoffs and restructuring" ((in 198 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.

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4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,689 total reviews)

Justin Hotard

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Nokia has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 18,689 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

3.0

Jul 28, 2021

Nokia's review

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunity for beginners, good start salary

Cons

Hard to advance, too many company policy's

5.0

Jul 25, 2021

work life balance

Technical specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

GOOD company to work Good technical knowledge felxible timing easy approach to managers overall good

Cons

less salary less increment not properly analysing the skills project dedline pressure some time nothing more

2.0

Jul 19, 2021

Not bad but far from being good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Respect for employees, work-life balance

Cons

Wages, boring projects, old technologies, very bad CI / CD, poor quality of products, too much politics, big workers rotation, a lot of students, a lot of costs reduction on wages, company is not aiming to keep experienced devs, tries to replace them with cheaper ones and doesnt care about it

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