Nokia

When I first joined Nokia, I found that it was a nice place to work, and there was lots of interesting technology around.

The other engineers around me were friendly, and there was a nice collegiate atmosphere.

The non-cash benefits are good.

The internal system of salary reviews and appraisals makes it very hard to get a promotion or meaningful pay rise without switching jobs internally. So, if you are the type of person who likes to stick with the same job year in, year out, then your starting pay grade will be the same for years.

There appear to be a lot of waste-of-space middle managers who manage by spreadsheet and are incapable of decision-making. (Friends in other departments have told me the same). If you get one of them as your immediate line manager, then your job will be much harder than it needs to be.

You need to get rid of the lion food between you and the people who do the work. Last time I heard there were seven layers of management between the CEO and the head of Series 60, who ought to be a direct report on the board.