Symbian Reviews

I worked at Symbian

Pros – I worked from the beginning of Symbian through to 2002. It was an awesome startup that really took over the tech press and dominated the mobile world...for a while

Cons – And then those pesky handset manufacturers got in the way. Shame that so much promise was squandered in the early 2000s.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't mix customers with shareholders

I worked at Symbian full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Symbian was one of these rare situations where a team of brilliant people come together and make the most of a tremendous market opportunity. It was an incredibly well-led company that ran like a machine and produced some of the wides ever used software on the planet.

Cons – Tragically, Symbian's phone vendor shareholders did not realise the potential of the people in Symbian. While the software was getting outdated and contained a lot of legacy that could not be removed, they should have used the technical talent, management capability and development process experience available in Symbian to develop a new phone OS platform that could compete on a level playing field with Google Android.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Symbian full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good thing that matters most

Cons – real good in benefits and bonus annually

Advice to Senior Management – very well

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Symbian

Pros – There was a real focus on the software, and keeping the engineers happy. More so than I have ever seen at any other company.

Cons – Under resourced. Our internal and external customers asked for a lot - there was always too much to do, and not enough time to do it in.

Advice to Senior Management – Overall a fine job. We had a vision of the way forward, and apart from minor issues along the way, we tended to execute that vision.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Symbian

Pros – The calibre of the majority of other employees. The presence of a strong social programme. A good benefits package. The training opportunities for non-technical competencies is very good and applying and being accepted for training courses is automated and rarely declined. Communication of company news via monthly team briefs is excellent and most welcome.

Cons – The difficulty of removing less than stellar employees. Some of the communication is inconsistent - not all teams get the same level of quality of information cascade.

Advice to Senior Management – Aggressively continue the current programme of improvements. Information in team cascades could be made more interesting and relevant to the engineering teams.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Symbian full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – So much Employee friendly and good pay

Cons – no future for product and any way Nokia closed this product development

Advice to Senior Management – wrong step

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company