Nokia Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Nokia has a great working culture, provided it is not a location that is closing."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"The middle management in the global teams is the best in the industry. Nokia treats their employees like resources and not expenses."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to relocate if a long career is desired."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Company decisions are sometimes questionable, and morale suffers when a site is being closed or relocated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Networking internally is a requirement for knowledge of planned changes."

"It was a good experience for its time."

"NOKIA doesn't get it and couldn't hang."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Nokia had decent pay and nice benefits. The San Francisco location was very non-corporate and encompassed the bay-area lifestyle. This was unique only to this location."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not really, NOKIA is very corporate. If a suit and tie is your thing, and you don't mind not having job security, go for it."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"I disliked the major disconnect between corporate HQ and the soldiers on the ground. We would spend weeks, if not months, waiting for approvals on anything. A lot of poor decisions were made in HQ without regard or knowledge of the ground war and the consequences. Essentially, everyone at the San Francisco site got screwed. There was no HQ loyalty to the staff regardless of being the best performing NOKIA site worldwide."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Shatter the glass ceiling, come down off the VIP cloud and see what your company and workers actually does. Then HQ decisions would have some substance."

"Nokia, well, it's OK."

"Working for NSN was an outstanding opportunity for me, excellent management."

"Very good work place."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Culture."

"Great benefits, but lacks competent direction."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"My peers were fun and great to work with. The benefits were great too."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great place to work in terms of benefits and work/life balance, but need to endure the politics of how things get decided."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Senior management lacked intelligent direction and priorities. Politics was more important than getting the work done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Read up on latest trends. Stay informed and share what you learn. Listen to contributing staff. Improve project management at all levels."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"The people I worked with were very competent."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Management could be very demanding. Salaries are often frozen for a long time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop sending jobs overseas."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Great working environment and culture, Market and technology leadership. Respectful of all employees. Good business practices."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Very large company with rigid and often inflexible processes. A Finnish company headquartered in Finland."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leverage the best business, product ideas and technologies not just the ones created within Nokia."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"I liked the intellectual challenge and working with datacom interfaces and protocols. I liked the work environment, and the combination of lab and office."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not really. The division I worked for was sold off to Checkpoint Security Appliances. There are no longer any hardware positions."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"I hated the frequent reorgs and the fact that we couldn't keep up with our competitors."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay more attention to the market, your competitors, and your customer's needs. Listen to your technical leads."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"I wish they had a better product for the US. I'd still be working there."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Career improvement, and you can change your profile any time in different departments and traveling around the world."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go extra mile. Work to learn. Improve your career by traveling to other countries. Challenge yourself for new opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As you know management is to do the right things in the right way and motivational way."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Well reputed big company with tools and processes well defined, where all employees have freedom to speak and discuss openly."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Nothing in particular, it's a great company."