Nortel Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Work hard, Play Hard, But Win business"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"This company provided great tools, and access to information. It also rewarded workers with training and pay for performance."

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

"Unfortunately, or fortunately, for the person you mention, This company no longer exists."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"This company had poor leadership, with respect to managing expenses and targeting acquisitions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"That's easy now. Stop paying too much for companies providing you with new technologies and markets."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"If you did a great job, you were rewarded fairly and appropriately."

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

"This company no longer exists. It's final sale was that of the 6000 patents which yielded 4.5B from Apple, Microsoft and a consortium of other industry players who did not want google to own the intellectual property of the company."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"It was so large, it never restructured appropriately enough, or quickly enough to stabilize the business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nortel shrunk ov er the years by laying off highly competent sales and engineering personnel. Often keeping inadquate or inexperienced managers in place. My advice to Nortel would be two-fold: 1.When you layoff employees, make sure that the upper management and middle management teams feel the pain as well. 2. Do not lay off the personnel who effectively collect the money/payments from customers."

"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."

"First Long term good Experience"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Big company benefit, training,flexibility , lots of resources to help employee growth"

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

"well prepared, be yourself and honest , be patient sometimes"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"too much bureaucracy, not quick enough right and get things done, take too much time from to execute"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"avoid too much bureaucracy if they can . invest more in the cutting edge of technology"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The company was very professional and I enjoyed going to work every day."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"I was sorry to learn that the company had filed for bankruptcy while I was there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wish the company didn't have to file for bankruptcy."

"Enjoyed my work as a Tech.Engineer until Nortel sent Engineering to India"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I enjoyed the Customer Service Element of this position, troubleshooting and resolving issues Client and Technicians"

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

"No, the hiring Dan Hatch asked all the right questions to determine whether I whether I would be a match for the position."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"I would have liked to spend more time consulting with the Client and less time doing researching Technical documentation"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No. Dan Hatch was perfect as a Manager, he was one of the best Managers I have ever had."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Big company with good system structure. Many products to sell to customers."

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

"Get yourself well prepared on IP, wireless areas (either GSM, CDMA, 3G or LTE)."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Lack of investment on Far East market. Not listening to employee's feedback enough"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More investment on Far East Market.Take employee survey more seriously."

"I would not work for this company again."