Nortel Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"After eight months of employment with Nortel, they laid off 50,000 employess in 2001."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Marketing and presenting Optera Metro Platform to customers and tradeshows."

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

"I was flown from Dallas to Atlanta for an interview lasting 8 hours in a conference room, eating lunch while I was interviewed."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The bandwidth glut and telecom bubble that busted affected Nortel Networks more than other telecom equipment companies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn how to market and staff."

"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."

"Straightforward"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The people and the opportunity to better yourself"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The direction where the senior management was taking us. Everything was always in question (Policies, procedures, etc...)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would look at the past and see what made money, and focus their attention on what worked. They abandoned too many projects which were proven beneficial to the company"

"My Nortel experience was outstanding in every way."

"Not sure about relavancy"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I could use all of abilities equally"

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

"Be ready to travel!!!"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Not enough time to take care of home"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"quit spreading your people so thin"

"This business unit is now owned by Avaya. Layoffs are still occurring. Doesn't look good."

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

"they are not hiring now. Layoffs have occurred and there are more layoffs coming. Avoid this company like the plague."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"no support by senior management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to figure out how good their product is, the correct way to promote it, and actually commit to it."

"Please check my CV"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Excellent management Team"

"joined company shortly before telecom downfall. not a good experience"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"not much. everyone was out for themselves"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The work enviroment, benefits and compensation. I personnally can't speak negative towards them, they were always good to my family and I, well uptil the time I was laid-off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't believe it matters."

"Northern Telecom is a good place to work."

"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."

"best place to work"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Best plase for career advancement"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"noon"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Repair scre"

"Nortel has filed CH 11 bankruptcy and is no longer a long term employer"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"flexibility"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"re-read my one liner"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"too late for input"

"Great company to work for, is now out of business."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"High tech, challenging, fun."

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

"Company is out of business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a way to dave the company."

"It was great while it lasted."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"It was an opportunity to shine in my element."

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

"Try to avoid bubbles like the one that affected it in 2001."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Nortel kept canceling projects I was on."