Working at Nortel in Richardson, TX: 34 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Richardson, TX Area

"I worked from Ericsson for 7 years and gained valuable experience in telecom and worked with various telecom equipment and providers. I was able to receive various training on different network devices and equipment and learn about key metrics."

"Great place to work. Unfortunately went bankrupt due to market environment and poor Sr. Management. People were great, the facilities were top notch."

"The company was great to work for and missed that position. The CEO allowed company to run into Chapter 11!"

"I worked for Ericsson for 7 years and began at Nortel and continued through the sale Ericsson. Through challenging times in the Telecom Industry, our group was able to find success with delivering for our customers."

"Nortel has a lot of opportunities for employes."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I learned a lot of new technologies in Nortel. The work environment is good for employes."

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

"Show your best side to the interviewer. Don't cheat the interviewer."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"There are a lot of processes which need be followed by development team. Those processes caused the high cost of products."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions because management team has done a good job."

"Technical growth and fullfillment"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Flexibility and mobility along with technological innovations help this company to prosper."

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

"None... Company no longer exist and is in chapter 11."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Bad executive decisions caused the fall of a once great company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Select and engineering ceo with good business sense and good vision."

"Full of up and downs, twists and turns."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The people, the teams are second to none. Failure was never an option"

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

"Not at this time, the future is unclear, and there is no hiring going on."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Uncertainty of fiscal solvency have lead to 5 years of layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not give up, it is always darkest before the dawn."

"The company ended up going bankrupt so the CEO's vision is very important."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The management team misled the employees and would not make the hard decisions earlier on that could have saved the company."

"Loved working there."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Very supportive"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The fear of being downsized."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be a little more honest about employees futures."

"Nortel became so large its own gravity has caused it to implode."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Benefits were great."

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

"I do not think Nortel will be adding any new employees. They are in the process of liquidating assets from a bankruptcy settlement."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"It was a 100% traveling job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Visit the field more often and see what it is like."

"This is the first time I have to do some thing like this after applying for a job"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"There are lot of opportunity to learn. Very flexible in work hrs,"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"its a failed company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"can be improved"