Nokia

1. Generous vacation time, even when starting new.
2. Flexible work arrangements.
3. Work-from-home arrangements are available, depending on your position and tasks.

1. Lack of career growth, career development, and career mentorship opportunities. This can be very frustrating for early-career engineers (0-5 year range). For such a large company, Nokia needs to do a better job of retaining and developing its younger engineers.

2. Very slow processes and work pace. Excessive bureaucracy. This is partially due to the heavy dependency on the Finland Nokia office. A lot of technical information that is needed is in the Finland office. This can be quite time-consuming and frustrating at times, and cause unnecessary delays, due to the 8-hour time difference between Dallas, TX and Finland. This may be discouraging for engineers who are trying to build their careers and gain valuable work experience.

3. Unfortunately, there is no 401k match provided with the benefits.

4. Vacation time cannot be carried over to the next calendar year. It is a use-it-or-lose-it program. At times, this can force employees to take "unwanted vacations" just to not lose their PTO time.

1. Respect, appreciate, and value early-career engineers. Retaining talent is not just about vacation time and flexible working arrangements. Respecting employees needs to be shown by valuing their talent, expertise, and knowledge. Just because an employee is not senior with 10+ years of experience, does not mean they are not worthy of being respected or taken seriously.

There may be valuable insight and expertise in topics that is never discovered because of this.

1. Provide higher-quality training courses that are directly related to the responsibilities and tasks of the engineer. Moreover, recognize and develop a career path plan for new engineers.

2. Pay a fair market wage. This is important. If employees are being lowballed in the offer stage, they are going to out-pace their salary. Eventually, they are going to realize that their years of experience are not earning them a fair wage in their current position.