Nokia Employee Reviews for Senior Design Engineer

"Nokia is a good company to work for."

"The good old boys club needs to go! Qualified people need to be given the opportunity to succeed and not the brown-nosers."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"The R&D and new technology was great. The upper management (folks from Finland) were great."

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

"Nokia as a company is a great place to work. It needs to stay away from the deadly office politics and watch out for the vulture culture."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"The problem, or the bottle neck, was with the middle management band. The good old boys club was always there, and brown-nosing was your key to success. As for an example: 1. A person with secretarial experience was hired and promoted to lead a part of the S/W Test group; 2. A person with a biology degree was hired and promoted to lead a part of the S/W Test group. This not only introduced setbacks, but also encouraged back stabbing and vulture culture."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire ethical people who are well-qualified and have proper college degrees in the field. Please cut the cancerous part of the middle management and remove the good old boys club. Let qualified engineers shine and be productive. Nokia is a good company. However, the middle management is destroying the original Nokia culture."