Shambolic and inefficient. Poor technical capability at every level. - Developer Ericsson Employee Review

1.0
Aug 31, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work ethic is non-existent. If you want to work as little as possible, take sick leave every week and take home a fairly small pay-cheque, then Ericsson is for you. Expectations are low. If you're not academically strong or motivated, then this won't hold you back at Ericsson.

Cons

The work ethic is non-existent. If you want to work hard, learn, improve and be recognized for your efforts, then don't even consider Ericsson. Salary "increases" are pathetic. Despite 100% superb feedback from everyone I worked with, I received a salary increase below inflation (effectively a pay cut). Technical competence is extremely low. The bar for entry is very low, so Ericsson is full of people with weak academic backgrounds and very low technical capability. If you value working with (and learning from) smart people, then you will be frustrated at Ericsson. This also brings the issue that if you have high technical competence, then you will not be recognized because no one really understands what you have done. Ericsson brings big-company inefficiency to a whole new level. People are always too busy to do any work. Technical issues (that completely halt development for entire teams of developers) are a very regular occurrence. Every seemingly small task takes a ridiculous amount of time to pass through all the layers of bureaucracy. There is absolutely no collaboration between teams, so development effort is repeated over and over again. Technical documentation is always: unnecessarily long, out of date (or just incorrect), unclear, incomplete and lacking the few necessary details.

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Cons

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Pros

-Technological superior to most other companies with use of AI and promising future tech/programs -benefits and pay are very competetive -room for professional growth and advancement if you know how to work in a corporate environment -resume development and professional advancement

Cons

-leadership ideology doesnt match the company/CEOs mission statement or belief (company is said to be all for safety yet leaders get put in charge and quickly dismantle and lay off 3 quarters of the safety department) -Leadership changes structure to benefit themselves by having all support functions report to them instead of the CEO, this ensures all support functions take a back seat to production and financial gain to include their employees well being -Company restructured and reorganizes very often while showing no loyalty to the employees who work hard and want to stay, this leads to turn over of great employees.

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