Nokia reviews

Below average pay, no headcount growth thus no chance for advancement. The company focuses on retaining their Finish employees and they really don't care about their US employees. Constant threat of being offshored or jobs sent back to Finland. Schedules are unrealistic and you must work over time the whole year to make schedule. Five years ago, Nokia really focuses on work/life balance. Since 2006, in Irving, work/life balance went completely out the window. You get 4-5 weeks vacation (good) but can never take it due to constant schedule pressure (bad).

The security business in Mountain View is very poorly managed. The hostile relationship between Nokia (platform supplier) and Checkpoint (application supplier) allowed other companies to win business. The actual management in that organization is mediocre at best but they are very good at in-fighting especially between the Boston and California branches. Very juvenille. The company had a lot of issues integrating the security business into their overall business model. The marriage to Enterprise was questionable as there were few, if any, synergies. It really looked like a holding ground for people uninterested in challenging themselves.