Not a great company to work for if you want career progression - Software Engineer Nokia Employee Review

2.0
Nov 18, 2010
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Pros

The only pro's I can think of is that they offer a decent benefits package. Pension, healthcare, mobile phone, flexible working hours. i.e. you have to work between 9:30-12:00 and 14:00-16:00, but you can work what you want other than that so long as you do your 37.5 hours a week. They also offer a good bonus scheme (although this has declined in recent years)

Cons

Software Engineers are not treated well at the company. They are paid less than other departments such as marketing. There is no room for career progression. I am stuck on the same grade since I started the company even though in all my performance reviews I have exceeding all my targets. Getting professional training is difficult, as the company budgets are too restrictive.

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Cons

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Pros

Decent starting salary, good benefits, generous PTO

Cons

1% raises forever. Last promotion I got to Principal had no raise but a bump in bonus percentage. Now they are giving kids 8-12% raises and they have less than 5 yrs. Once you hit about 5 yrs you will get the 1% a yr and be pigeon holed into a specific job. Then good luck trying to change.

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