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      4.0

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (18,665 total reviews)
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      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 18,665 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
      Oct 24, 2010

      A Nice Place to Work

      Intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good, informal work environment - Tons of snacks, etc - Cutting edge research at Bangalore Centre - Good bus network - Discounts on Nokia phones

      Cons

      - Some bureaucracy, authorizations etc. take a fair amount of time to get completed - Extensive involvement of HR in *everything* you do

      2.0
      Oct 24, 2010

      Nokia India R & D Center - a place full of low quality engineers

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Very good work-life balance (sometimes more towards the life side!) - A good eco system integrated well into the head quarters (Finland)

      Cons

      - Rampant recruitment by lowering the quality bars at every level (from senior management to software engineers) - I have worked with software engineers who could not write a 'for loop' properly at Nokia Bangalore; no idea how they got recruited - Poor leadership and management skills of middle level managers - who have been recruited from services companies and who's mindset has not changed from viewing the headquarters (Finland) as just a 'client' - Poor accountability due to frequent re-organizations

      2.0
      Oct 22, 2010

      Not the best time to join Nokia

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good environmental policies (e.g. you can expense carbon offsetting for business trips), treats employees like people rather than resources, 25 days' holiday, flexitime (to be agreed with line manager), friendly and considerate colleagues, opportunities to travel to Finland (if you're lucky - there is a travel ban) which is a beautiful country full of lovely people. Some (though not all) offices have excellent subsidised staff canteens. New CEO will hopefully turn things around and make Nokia a more software-focused company.

      Cons

      Huge company brings with it an inevitable level of bureaucracy. Many layers between the CEO and the average engineer mean it is hard to feel engaged with company strategy etc. Frequent re-organisations leading to people not really taking responsibility for things and not ever having to eat their own dogfood. Questionable tools & processes. Losing market share. Just announced big redundancies. Employee morale amongst the engineers is pretty low at the moment. "Not invented in Finland" syndrome - an idea has to have a Finnish name against it to get anywhere.

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