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OK place to work

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Nokia for less than 1 year
December 12, 2014
Chicago, Illinois
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

We are doing some exciting things with newer technologies, although there is some support of older ones.

Good work hours. The people seem decent.

There's little pressure for a decent developer, but there's opportunity for challenging work.

Cons

It's a big corporation, with all the nonsense that entails. It's inflexible about hours and working from home (depending on the group). Some people have been damaged by big corporation management. I run into a lot of cynicism caused by that. But everyone who has ever worked at a big corporation knows what I'm talking about.

Advice to Management

Learn to work with prima donna engineers. If you engage their pride (and catch them before cynicism destroys them), they will work wonders for you. If you attempt to constrain them with ill-considered proclamations and general stupidity, you will ruin them.

Also, stop looking for people that make everything their business (like you do). You need people who just want to focus on getting products out the door. That requires people who are willing to focus, and not people who stick their noses into everything around them.

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