Ericsson is getting lost - Anonymous employee Ericsson Employee Review

1.0
Aug 8, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible working hours as long work is done within expected time frame. Relatively easy and smooth promotion for entry level engineers level 1 to get up to level 3.

Cons

No work life balance. Weekly work load of 55-60 hours average. Below market average salary. No overtime paid, not even time off for extra 40+ hours worked weekly. Zero percent salary increase during 2 consecutive years to all employees due "low profit in business". Slow time to market response to customers due slow, long and lenghty internal processes. No long term incentive plan to keep employees. No promotion or recognition given to engineers to achieve level 4, just few get there but takes long long time. Barrier for career growth to engineers level 4, this is as far as you can get to. Performance measured as Below average, Meets expectation and exceeds expectation. There is an extremely low cap to limit max number of employees can get Exceeds expectation, no matter how much well you have done in the entire year. No collaborative work environment, since everyone is competing to be the highlight within the department/team. Extremely high overhead count. Upper layer Management keeps exchanging chairs, positions and titles but no actual work is done. Too many processes, bureocracy and paperwork. Lack of training.

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Cons

-leadership ideology doesnt match the company/CEOs mission statement or belief (company is said to be all for safety yet leaders get put in charge and quickly dismantle and lay off 3 quarters of the safety department) -Leadership changes structure to benefit themselves by having all support functions report to them instead of the CEO, this ensures all support functions take a back seat to production and financial gain to include their employees well being -Company restructured and reorganizes very often while showing no loyalty to the employees who work hard and want to stay, this leads to turn over of great employees.

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