Nokia

Many truly brilliant individual contributors who are technically competent and probably were around when the basic kernels of modern technology were being developed.

People really do love technology at this company.

Depending on your team, you can have decent freedom to explore interesting avenues for ideas and directions.

It seems like the company might be turning around with the latest batch of global leaders.

• People with actual skill in building and developing ideas are often used as the workhorses for people who are good at developing "paper architectures" and ideas.
• TC is not competitive, and career growth is slow or non-existent due to saturation at the top.
• Constant turnover in leadership has led to constant re-organization and layoffs.
• Constant internal messaging about how the company is changing moral X or core value Y cheapens what the leadership is trying to convey.
• Ideas in research and development often never get validated by possible customers in target markets to find product-market fit.