Nokia Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"Would not work at Nokia again. Good money, but poor people skills."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"The 6 weeks of vacation time, and beautiful location. The performance bonuses were AWESOME! Serious money to be had there."

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

"Ask lots of questions about management goals, technical direction required, balance of work and life (they say they balance it, but don't practice it), and make sure you are clear about what area they are hiring you for."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Poor upper and middle management with unreasonable expectations of schedule. Changed product directions often as though they didn't have a clear plan. Middle level managers accepted rumors about people as fact during reviews. ALWAYS negative feedback on reviews even when I was team leader and wanted to put praise on my team member's reviews. Favorites during merit raises without consulting team leaders on actual performance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Advertise the incentive bonus program before work begins. Resolve the bonus results before the next quarter begins. Positive praise sometimes is worth more than just throwing more money at people! You are allowed to give more than one person on a team a high exceeds rating if more than one person has worked hard!"

"Nokia is a no-pressure place."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"I like that it is a no-pressure place. I also like the name recognition."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"I dislike the strong cronyism and favoritism,and that there is no obvious direction on any project."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They must keep every deadline and have no tolerance for slippage."

"What happened to Nokia."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"I like the vacation time."

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

"Try somewhere else."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"I dislike the lack of innovation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Wake Up!"

"Nokia is a company with good people, but not sure about upper management."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"There are good people at entry and mid-levels."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Management swayed with the breeze and didn't seem to stick to a strategy for very long. Initially, a lot of flexibility was given to US operations. Over time, there was more micromanaging from outside of the US."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should decide what the company wants to be when it grows up."

"My experience with Nokia was special. Due to the fact that I reported my manager's wrong-doing, this manager used all power to revenge the worker's report to the upper leader, but management has no idea how to protect in a situation like this."