Worst place for your career. Best place to retire - Software Engineer Nokia Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can find a team and get lost, doing nothing, working from home. So practically they pay you to exists.

Cons

If you want a real career, avoid this old company: - Lack of innovation, so you will work on old Systems and procedures. - The longer you stay, the less you know. So you have the risk to get stuck - Salary way below the industry. Raises of 1% are the typical way to show appreciation for best engineers. - Promotions are scarce. - Moving many units to India. - Working with too many teams in India (meetings on the AM) - Company is divided into infinite groups - Dinosaur cemetery (at least in the US ) .

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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