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Values maybe no longer practiced: * Communicate openly * Innovate * Focus on the customer * Inspire * Win together

Senior Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Nokia for 6 years
July 16, 2014
Sydney, New South Wales
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

It seems that the visitors (working on a 457 or other visa) who took over much of management and the technical/engineering positions have some opportunities at Nokia in Australia and New Zealand.

Cons

Today, upon completion of their CMO>PMO>FMO, nearly all intellectual property, opportunities for training, technical expertise, etc., have moved offshore to their Global Services Delivery Centre (GSD) in India, leaving little locally. Hence, virtually no opportunities in ANZ.

NSN, now known as Nokia, is quickly becoming (little more than) an India software house. Internal rumors indicate it is about to be acquired.

Advice to Management

The global blueprint (one-shoe-size-fits-all) and the loss of autonomy at the local level prevent fit-to-market solutions (not to mention loss of agility).

To address your high turnover of staff in India, try to listen to what your former APAC customers say about your company. As we said since NSN Day 1, your people are your company.

So, stop telling your people, “You do not own shares in the company.” You are already well beyond the "do the best we can with what remains" stage.

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