Does Ericsson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ericsson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ericsson. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ericsson?

78% of Ericsson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ericsson 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ericsson?

Software Engineer (921) , Software Developer (702) , Integration Engineer (442) , Network Engineer (435) , Senior Software Engineer (434) , Engineer (424) , Solutions Architect (415) , Project Manager (378) , Solution Architect (348) , Senior Engineer (290) , Solution Integrator (270) , Intern (175) , Customer Project Manager (153) , Senior Solution Integrator (149) , Manager (135)

What are the pros of working at Ericsson according to real employee reviews?

"+ your colleagues will most likely hold a degree in engineering + very interesting processes + very interesting tasks + good work/life balance" ((in 2128 reviews)); "Culture is good and inspiring" ((in 1114 reviews)); "and good benefits and medical" ((in 949 reviews)); "There are few great people that are above the politics and who actually make things done." ((in 678 reviews)); "Work culture is good and productive" ((in 595 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ericsson according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries and very difficult to get promotions if you don't change job/role within the company" ((in 1232 reviews)); "Some managers are bad" ((in 302 reviews)); "Pay Is low and the performance review structure is set up to block pay rises." ((in 282 reviews)); "High turnover and frequent layoffs." ((in 267 reviews)); "Low compensation and too many low performers" ((in 115 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ericsson layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ericsson layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ericsson in 2026.

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4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,733 total reviews)

Börje Ekholm

78% approve of CEO

56% 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 17,733 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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Reviews by job title

18K reviews

4.0

Mar 25, 2026

Great company to grow as an engineer, compensation could be better

Embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent learning environment with exposure to large-scale systems and complex architecture - Strong engineering culture with emphasis on clean code and best practices - Opportunity to work with a wide range of technologies — from embedded C to Docker/Kubernetes - Good work-life balance and flexible working arrangements - Supportive colleagues and collaborative team environment - Real ownership of CI/CD pipelines, build infrastructure, and test automation - International company with global exposure

Cons

- Compensation is below market average compared to other tech companies in Croatia - Salary growth is slow and doesn't keep pace with the market - Pay doesn't reflect the level of responsibility and technical expertise required

3.0

Mar 25, 2026

Very disorganized

Manager of operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, benefits, coworkers etc. overall supportive environment

Cons

Don’t seem to have a very solid plan pn how to evolve environment on tue feont line. Out of date internal processes that are extremely inefficient

1.0

Mar 20, 2026

i didnt like it

Ran engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fun people, good enviroment :)

Cons

management was god not great and work was basically excel

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