Nortel Networks Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks

Pros – The people were the best reason to work at Nortel. The family atmosphere was amazing and compensated for other areas that were not there!

Cons – The corporate management that allowed the company to have to file for Chapter 11. This is the biggest shame ever!

Advice to Senior Management – Nothing more can be said to the Mgt. of Nortel Networks - everything that could be done to save the company, has not been successful.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Opportunity to move to different teams and technologies
Low pressure
Good training

Cons – No career progression due to redundancies
Low pay

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Excellent technology and good pension benefits

Cons – Nortel Networks is now bankrupt

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks

Pros – good team, good tech and learning

Cons – all outstanding money gone, why no pay?

Advice to Senior Management – don't steal

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks

Pros – Great opportunity for personal development. Loads of scope to get involved in projects. Good learning experience. Fantastic team, culture of respect.

Cons – Current financial difficulties. Unknown future. It's a real shame for such a great company.

Advice to Senior Management – Good luck. Hope you can salvage something of the old Nortel

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks

Pros – Used to have the best technical people until the cuts 2000-2004 after which only the cheap & the political careerists kept their jobs at the expense of the good.

Cons – In bad times the company puts out only good news. Some of the great people who lost their jobs in the 2000-2004 IT winter, telecoms collapse also lost their lives due to the way things were handled back then. Numerous suicides went unreported.

Advice to Senior Management – Never gamble the company future again by speculative acquisition of tiny technology companies for billions of dollars. It might get you noticed as a risk taking leader & help your career but the consequences can be very grave for the permanent workforce. Consider the effect of your actions on the livelihoods of the people who built the company's good products, engineering and reputation. Don't launch & sell products that may never get to market. Now in the twilight, you will be OK because you guys had the opportunity to amass wealth in a few short year but don't now complete the job by destroying the pension funds of those that did not have that opportunity by just working hard. Don't define your job just in legal and accounting terms.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks

Pros – None. No interest in their Staff only the select 'chosen one's' will get promoted, pay rises and bonus pay for long hours worked - forget about it.

Cons – Depressing place to work.
Management haven't a clue how to run a business.
No career development opportunities.
No pay rises

Advice to Senior Management – Stay with Nortel because you will not get a job with any other leading company. DEAD WOOD

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks full-time

Pros – Great place to work for

Cons – The company filed bankruptcy in 2010

Advice to Senior Management – Should have managed better, was a great place

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Comfortable environment, top notch tools, treated well

Cons – Like all big companies, some politics, to many meetings

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

Former Employee – worked at Nortel Networks full-time

Pros – None, Nothing left but 5 people

Cons – Bankrupt, Poor management, great business case how to run a business into the ground

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company