Advanced tech shop with management issues - Software Engineer Nokia Employee Review

4.0
Jul 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bleeding-edge tech A lot of different options for projects to be a part of Intelligent developers with good ideas Relaxed work place Excellent facility (Chicago) complete with foosball, pool, ping pong, and gym Recognizable brand name

Cons

A lot of "shooting from the hip" going on - managers demanding features that are "a good idea" but are never used Feedback is often sub-par on projects and progress A TON of bureaucracy surrounding EVERYTHING "Agile Work Group" forcing practices upon everyone and everything A lot of time wasted in doing "Agile things" for the sake of being "Agile"

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

The core technologists and Bell Labs are great to work with. As a Finland based company, their benefits packages are better than benefits from typical American companies.

Cons

The brain drain in Operations and OSS is shocking and only getting worse. Salespeople are lying to customers to make sales happen, only to further embarrass everyone involved with incompetent delivery. The push for Data Center and the $1Billion Nvidia investment for AI-in-Everything makes Nokia the latest "Tech Bro", AI-First disaster.

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