Nortel Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I had a great 8 years at Nortel!"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Great flexibility. Great people. Technically challenging."

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

"Hopefully Nortel can crawl out of the train wreck."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"All the layoffs. Executive teams."

"Lots of good and bad in working for USPTO."

"Best company I ever worked for."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I only liked one or two co-workers there. The management was totally out of touch with employees' needs, salaries, and benefits and on top of that, once you were laid off, there was no compensation or continuation of benefits say for even a month. There is nothing good I can state at this point about this organization."

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

"Yes. Make sure you do not accept a job with PEC/Nortel just because you do not have any other prospects. Also, make sure that if the client contracts are ended or completed, PEC will not lay you off or at least without any benefits package. Otherwise, do not accept the position no matter how much you need a job."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"My manager was foul mouthed all the time. She lacked respect for all and voiced it during status meetings. Bad mouthed her and our boss all the time and for a woman, used profanity way too much. She was also disgruntle as her salary was less than me and kept voicing that in front of other employees which led to extremely bad moral."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve your salary and benefits and help employees in getting other positions within the company, especially when the contracts are over or ended abruptly by the clients. Do not leave employees out in the cold to fend themselves. Take a look at your USPTO and DHS contracts and employees, past or current. Respect your employees and provide advancement opportunities to them. Provide a good and fostering environment where employees like coming to work every day."

"Great"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Working environment, team concepts, career advancement & the best company I've ever worked in my career."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Nothing. It was a GREAT company to work!!!!"

"in chapter 11"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Fast paced"

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

"don't bother"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"unstable"

"People treated each other well"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"People respected each other's opinion. We could agree to disagree and then proceed to work toward a resolution. Most backstabbing was at the upper levels."

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

"Very high stress throughout my career and is much more stressful now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of the employees, not yourselves."

"Call Center"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I was able to advance my knowledge of IT solutions"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Management was continuously changing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"stability"

"Best Employer Ever"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"They gave their employees unlimited resources to grow and succeed"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"That the company went bankrupt."

"It's fast-paced, challenging place to work."

"Management Failes to report correct information to employees and other stakeholders."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The freedom to learn on your own."

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

"Consumer bewere!"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The unwillingness to support and aid employees in their continued education process. The Biggest problem I have is with the Political games with who you know to get advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve your honesty, view of the world and respect your employees because they have more knowledge then you think."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Working with wireless network technology."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Planning and optimization for Mobile network with 2G, 3G and WiMAX teschnologies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"RF Manager or Higher."

"nothing good here. Infact I made a mistake in joining this company."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"nothing"

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

"don't look for this company"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"everything"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"we can not change them"

"Huge company which has filed for bankrupcy - it is in the process of being bought out piece by piece"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Diverse opportunities and professional technical engineers"

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

"Given the current state - there are probably no jobs"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Layoffs by the month from 129300 down to 3500 - nerve racking and high stress"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Accounting scandals, very poor strategy, poor management, and binge acquisitions killed this venerable company"

"Nortel was fun to work for."