Ericsson reviews

Pay is shockingly low among non-managers and even middle managers, though the company likes to tell us it is in line with industry standards. Management training is almost non-existent, and there seem to be far too many people employed at higher levels with incomprehensible job titles and functions. Managers are also sometimes expected to be account managers rather than people managers, meaning that staff can be overlooked. Staff turnover on some teams is so bad it is like a revolving door, and work/life balance varies greatly depending on which team you are on. Some jobs are extremely monotonous. Many people come to rely on overtime money because the base salaries are so bad. The IT systems are impenetrable, and dealing with other teams that are all in other countries because of offshoring (e.g. for expenses or HR, for example) can be difficult and bureaucratic. Team spirit has decreased since we were bought, and retention is increasingly difficult. Opportunities for advancement do exist, but generally not within teams - you would have to change job role internally.

For a communications company the internal communications are beyond bad, finding any information in a jungle of acronyms that nobody knows what they stand for is rather untransparent and difficult. - being from a creative/media background there isn't many options for moving up in the company - shockingly low salaries/no salary increases/no bonuses (in the UK at least) - high staff turnover - a lot of offshoring and redundancies - HR is slow and unorganised, hard to find information - poor IT infrastructure, you're not being provided the necessary tools to do your job properly and getting anything fixed is a lengthy process - the employees aren't shown enough respect or that they are valued by the company