Clarify your message. It feels that you yourself don't fully believe what you saying. - Team Leader Nokia Employee Review

4.0
26 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with high volume products. This gives great motivation to external suppliers to start new project developments with Nokia. Vendors come to you, and not the other way around.

Cons

The R&D side of Nokia is highly focused on Finland. While I wouldn't say that there is a glass-ceiling for non-Finns as such, not being able to speak Finnish makes you somewhat of an outsider. You have to make an extra effort if you want to get ahead as a foreigner. Also, if you are not based in Finland, the situation can be very difficult. From persons I have spoken with who are based in e.g. Denmark, Germany, and in the US, there is a lot of resentment against the "Finnish mafia."

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