Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,745 total reviews)
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Börje Ekholm

77% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,745 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ericsson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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18K reviews
3.0
Dec 28, 2016

Service Engineer

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Pros

Depending on your department, work/life balance can be very good. It is also a very flexible work environment. Management will also let you handle your work and not micro manage you unless they need to.

Cons

Company has been going through a very rough time the past few years. Stocks have dropped by half in less than a year. No jobs available to grow. Salaries are very low.

3.0
Nov 15, 2016

Good company, difficult times

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Some great people here, lots of experience and knowledge - Wide and interesting portfolio provides a lot of options for career movement - Opportunities to travel internationally, short and long term - Benefits are top notch - Work / Life balance has been very fair to me

Cons

- Too much adherence to process that hinders team and program flexibility; it's a brave new world and we need to have the freedom to move fast - So much re-org, it never ends; if senior LT concentrated as much on enabling teams as they did on the structure of their LT's we might not be in the current situation - Saying one thing in public and doing another internally; innovation anyone? While you are happy to pick up awards for our innovations, how about giving the programs some funding rather than killing them or changing them so they no longer provide their innovative value - Giving senior roles to people with no track record; how about mixing things up, maybe reward people for achievements instead of their connections? - Board and LT asleep at the wheel for past couple of years - Uninspiring CEO appointment

1.0
Nov 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

One of the biggest software companies in the world. It gives people the opportunity to work in almost any area, offering great career development opportunities.

Cons

The company is undergoing a big crisis now. It adopted too much of a defensive mode to reduce costs and short term investment plans to increase sales, not paying much attention to future technology evolution. Decision makers are 100% business oriented, while technology and R&D is taking a secondary role, not in charge of any decisions. Do not expect management or business people to understand technology at all, and do not expect a brilliant career if you are a technical expert. A huge mistake for a technology company that forgot about its roots.

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