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 2382 reviews)); "The culture was good and inspiring" ((in 1107 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 836 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 771 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 762 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 1203 reviews)); "bad management and stressful sometimes" ((in 560 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 241 reviews)); "Too many layoffs and restructuring" ((in 199 reviews)); "compensation is low and less in many cases" ((in 112 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

(18,686 total reviews)

Justin Hotard

73% 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 18,686 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

4.0

Nov 2, 2011

Very good company providing Work-Life balance

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. You can have very good Work-Life balance 2. Availability of Multiple projects on different domains 3. Chances to go onsite using internal job market 4. Reasonable pay scale

Cons

1. Payscale not that great. 2. Chances for career growth less as age old employees still sticking to their positions.

4.0

Oct 30, 2011

A Company with good work-life balance. Recommended for girls and married people who want to settle down. SALARY is issue

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance. good place for competency development good projects and platform for working very good support from parent companies

Cons

senior management sucks especially H R management . Too many old people ready to retire. Too much of cost cutting some times for senseless topics

4.0

Oct 28, 2011

Excellent and encouraging

Senior research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Doing very challenging and creative & innovative research

Cons

Sometimes technical transfer don't happen and felt a bit frustrated

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