Nokia reviews

Projects include really old legacy code (over 20 years old in many cases), often written in proprietary nokia programming languages, with no idea of modern software engineering. Management is in most cases completely non-technical, lacking experience. High attrition, developer's skills are not built up over time.

Little to no raises and bonuses since 2000. I made more money in1999 than in any year since. Even with cost of living rising ever so slowly, my income has not come close to keeping pace. Also, in my current position, it is management by crisis. Each day at 11:00 priority calls are made and the work for the next 24 hours is determined. If your work is a priority then you are assigned the resources to get your work done. If not, then you have no resources and you need to scrounge for available equipment or wait until your work becomes a priority. This is not an easy environment to work in. There is also work nearly every weekend. I spent all January and most of February working every weekend. Finally management put us on a rotation for weekend coverage. Now I have one out of every 3 or 4 weekends. Sometimes I luck out and there is nothing or only a couple hours of work. But other times they want my full attention - 16 hours last Saturday.