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Good place to work, but not to advance career

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Nokia for less than 1 year
May 10, 2012
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Good workplace and atmosphere. Nice people, mostly. Generous 401k matching, free phone. A lot of smart people.

Cons

ESPP has been downhill the past few years. Frequent re-orgs, good products get canceled. It doesn't seem to know what it is doing. There's no opportunity for advancement. People from the mothership with no or little experience get promoted, then they leave. They cancel products too quickly when they aren't making money, not even trying.

Advice to Management

You can't make money without spending money.

Have some kind of commitment to your product.

Don't just sit on piles of technologies; try to make something out of them, instead of creating a "me-too" product and playing catch-up.

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