Good company, should not be a kannada company - R & D Engineer Nokia Employee Review

3.0
Oct 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Work life balance 2. Take home is good 3. Lot of benefits with tax on high level 4. Less HR involvement 5. Lot of in house development projects 6. Lot of employee engagement activities

Cons

1. Lack of energy in the team 2. Lot of older married people. Old ethics, 3. Kannada is official language in Bangalore office. I have seen technical discussions in Kannada. 4. Kannada Politics is high 5. Bad food 6. Bad Canteen 7. Nokia went too low in cost cutting. Looks too cheap for a product base company like nokia 8. Worst appraisal cycle. After evaluation it takes a year to reflect that in your salary. 9. Employee engagement activities are paid and conducted by empolyees only which tends to be very silly like school events

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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