Taro Logo

Work-life Balance, Bad Leadership

Senior Software Design Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Nokia for less than 1 year
September 8, 2010
Tokyo, Tokyo
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Relaxed office environment.
  • Needed trainings are provided.
  • Work-life balance.
Cons

Bad leadership throughout, all the way from CEO level.

People on management level are not thriving for real change in this ever-changing and competitive environment. Companies always implement changes, but these changes only affect people on the bottom the most. People on the top are just playing musical chairs, swapping roles.

Management are rarely responsible for any bad decisions they have made. They stay in their jobs, whereas engineers are blamed by being laid off.

Bad salary to start with. The average yearly pay rise was about 1-3%. This is pathetic.

Managers are selfish, only caring about their own promotion.

Advice to Management

Need to replace everyone on the executive board. Nokia is already a sinking ship, and yet these so-called leaders on the executive board still think they can weather the storm like they did 10 years ago. Apple, Google, and others were not there 10 years ago, but now things have changed.

Was this helpful?

Nokia Interview Experiences