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 (503) , Project Manager (475) , R&D Engineer (368) , Technical Lead (291) , Engineer (287) , Software Developer (278) , Intern (236) , 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 2373 reviews)); "Culture is good and friendly" ((in 1127 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 843 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 779 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 770 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 1188 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of infrastructure" ((in 560 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 238 reviews)); "During my time there I saw many layoffs and huge increases in the demands on remaining employees." ((in 199 reviews)); "compensation is low and less in many cases" ((in 114 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

(18,696 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 18,696 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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Reviews by job title

19K reviews

2.0

May 3, 2021

Very bad treatment for the employee exit

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent company to start your career

Cons

The incentive for the employees is paid for the performance of the employee at the end of the year. But if the employee leaves 15 days before Dec 31st, the company hr refuses to pay them . This is absurd and this is not communicated earlier as well when the paper is put down. After the employee works day in and day out and leaves the company as he/she finds better match and also better value of their qualification, the HR doesnt talk to the employee at all during exit trying to find the reason and cuts corners like this.

1.0

May 2, 2021

Full of Politics

Qa automation engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I don't see anything good at this company at the Austin location. It has good brand value globally, but the Austin location is completely different.

Cons

Austin location is mainly controlled by the local management, they can do anything they want. They don't give value to the talent rather to their relatives and families. They laid off good talented engineers, and retained manager wives and friends even they didn't have proper educational qualification for an engineer. They even laid of the full-time employees and converted their wives and families from contracting to full-time positions. It's the worst work culture I have ever seen. The company's CEO strives for building better culture, but these local leaders completely go against that and all their political actions are not visible to the top management.

5.0

Apr 29, 2021

Good Place to work

Senior r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best Place to work Innovative Mobile Network Products Work Life Balance

Cons

Payroll will be less compared to other product companies

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