Ericsson reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(17,744 total reviews)
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Börje Ekholm

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ericsson has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17,744 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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3.0
Sep 3, 2017

A Once-Great Company Slowly Being Killed By Internal Bureaucracy

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Pros

Excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, employee and spouse insurance, matched 401(k). Challenging work. Diverse workforce from all around the world. Good work/life balance. Great internal culture. Excellent opportunities to travel internationally.

Cons

A almost unbreakable "silo" mentality that prevents teams from coordinating and collaborating effectively. Everyone is fighting to protect their little kingdoms. Management is focused exclusively in cutting costs, ignoring the trends of the telecom and high-tech industries. Management is obsessed with following processes to the detriment of actually accomplishing goals. Strong lack of willingness to take responsibility and accountability; everyone is looking for someone else to blame instead of trying to resolve issues.

1.0
Aug 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

High paced environment. Free coffee.

Cons

Salaries way below industry standards. No salary progression. Unstable environment with lots of redundancies. Lack of leadership. Managers only care about their position in the company. Lots of politics.

2.0
Aug 24, 2017

in a tailspin

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Pros

Adjustable desks, comfy chairs. Some good people who have to spend so much time on internal process and infighting. Basic salary and pension is competitive but no bonus in recent years mitigates.

Cons

Company is in a tail spin. No time to turn around before the next re-org. Reputation vs. reality of company. Constant risk of redundancy often in the middle of engagements, very poor settlement terms, short notice periods, last in first out model. Complex inefficient organisation the "Ericsson" way. No bonus negates competitive salary. Like contracting but with greater uncertainty. No reward or incentive for contributing to company performance.

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