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      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (17,756 total reviews)
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      Börje Ekholm

      78% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,756 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ericsson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Télécommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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      18K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 25, 2016

      Good place to work but suffers from big company syndrome

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Ericsson is a globally established and well known company. The pay is competitive and the benefits are better than any other company for whom I've worked. There are many smart, capable, quality people you'll be working with on a daily basis. Their technology is diversified enough to provide interesting challenges and opportunities.

      Cons

      Ericsson has the Swedish mindset throughout the company - extremely risk adverse and wanting absolute, unanimous consensus before any strategic decision is made. This results in moving much slower than competitors to exploit new opportunities. While the reluctance to let under-performers go creates much more job-security for everyone, it does lessen the feeling of accountability and urgency needed to progress a company.

      1.0
      Feb 11, 2016

      Project Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits but poor management and leaders. CEO needs to move on and bring in someone that cares about their employees.

      Cons

      Layoffs consistent throughout the year. Bad employee moral. Poor management and poor leaders. No work life balance.

      4.0
      Feb 8, 2016

      Systems Engineer II - Former Telcordia (merger)

      Systems engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ericsson's benefits are great (medical, life insurance, matching 401k, stocks, and many many more), the work/life balance is amazing. If you need a day off, you work it out with your manager and put in for it, they also allow telecommuting when necessary which is a life saver nowadays, especially when you work in IT and don't need to physically be there. The campus was updated when Telcordia was purchased by Ericsson, it is a nice facility, out of what they upgraded, the rest of still old Bellcore from the 80's. If you can get a job with Ericsson, working on Ericsson systems, not one of the (many) companies they have or will be buying out, you're in a GREAT company and should do it. However, if you're joining the former company that was bought out, before or after purchasing by Ericsson, leave while you can on your own terms.

      Cons

      Since the merger of Ericsson and Telcordia, MOST Telcordia employee's were laid off, and who were not laid off will be at some point. The Piscataway location is a "sunset" location which means they will eventually be shutting it down and want everyone to either move to Plano, TX, Montreal, Canada, elsewhere in the world that they have a presence or you get the boot. Their package for people being laid off isn't bad at all though, so riding it out until then is the best option, however, it doesn't seem as though they're going to be hiring within NJ anytime soon. It's VERY difficult to move around Ericsson and get a different position within the company, without moving around the world anyway. They make it sound easy and that it happens constantly, but it's only true for the unionized EU/Swedish employees.

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