Nokia review - R&D Manager Nokia Employee Review

4.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nokia has a good work culture. Working in teams is very well achieved and egos are not as big as in many US companies. You get to work in great devices. Nokia makes 400 million cell phones. Work life balance is very good. 401K = 8% of pay with 100% match.

Cons

Work can be quite process oriented. Decision making is slow. Europe has a holier than thou view of looking at US operations. Pay is honestly not very competitive. 401K match makes up for it. Options and restrictive shares are not offered as much as other companies. Bonus pay is average (15% expected) but quite steady.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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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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