Does Nokia pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nokia employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nokia. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nokia?

81% of Nokia employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nokia 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nokia?

Software Engineer (1351) , Senior Software Engineer (499) , Project Manager (475) , R&D Engineer (369) , Technical Lead (288) , Engineer (287) , Software Developer (277) , Intern (234) , Technical Specialist (183) , Test Engineer (173) , Senior Engineer (157) , Program Manager (143) , Manager (142) , Network Engineer (139) , Product Manager (137)

What are the pros of working at Nokia according to real employee reviews?

"In most positions the work / life balance is good and working hours are normal." ((in 2363 reviews)); "Culture is good and friendly" ((in 1114 reviews)); "The company and workplace is very diverse and I met a lot of great employees and people." ((in 820 reviews)); "Benefits are good and standard" ((in 788 reviews)); "work culture is good and not much tensions like other service based companies" ((in 784 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Nokia according to real employee reviews?

"salary is low and not easy to get a promotion" ((in 1184 reviews)); "bad management and stressful sometimes" ((in 561 reviews)); "Too many managers in the office and the organization in each department is quite complex." ((in 240 reviews)); "During my time there I saw many layoffs and huge increases in the demands on remaining employees." ((in 198 reviews)); "low compensation and some lost direction" ((in 115 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nokia layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Nokia layoffs and their outlook for job security at Nokia in 2026.

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4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,646 total reviews)

Justin Hotard

73% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Nokia has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 18,646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nokia 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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19K reviews

5.0

Jul 31, 2014

Nokia - Best place to work!

Retail account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The cutting edge products, the free way of working, innovation level, the possibility of developing and implementing a plan to achieve the objectives, the freedom to express yourself for better results of your dept.

Cons

One of my main challenges was introducing and develop mobile category in Supermarket channel, which had a very bad reputation and experience in previuos years, Also implementing Category managment in leading retailers,

4.0

Aug 5, 2013

A nice place to work and growth

Ran engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, internal development through e-learnings, courses and OTJ trainnings. Very challenging projects, great amenities (modern office layouts), depending on the project and business area, home office is something very common (I usually take 3 days a week for HO). Flat structure, you have the possibility to talk with almost everyone even with the highest levels of managers / directors. Benefits includes flexilble woring tinem, d

Cons

Restructuring since 2011 keeps you thinking when will be the end of the process, and if your position will be one of the "restructuring head count reduction". In some cases, and depending on your Line Manager, you could be with no project assignment, or rotating from project to project with little participation on each one, only for avoiding charge hours to "home base".

4.0

Jul 18, 2016

Great Company

Account logistics manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

An ethical company with superb benefits. This company has terrific in-house growth opportunities, and I would recommend Nokia to anyone.

Cons

It is an ever-changing international company.

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