Nokia

Some super smart people in the organization.

Global impact and prestige in what you do.

Very interesting projects going on in what is now the New Nokia.

Room to grow and learn and a burgeoning engineering culture.

Work-life balance is pretty good.

There is crunch time, but it is an exception and not the rule; everyone makes sure you don't overwork to burnout.

Lots of politics and turf wars. The company should be nimbler.

Quite a few layers of mid-level management, not as flat as you might think. You can notice some managerial overhead.

Compensation and perks could be better as well. I guess frugality is the norm.

Last but not least, though there are really smart folks, mileage varies enormously among teams.

Less politics, more doing.