Nortel Employee Job Reviews in the United States

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and stick with facts. Practice interviewing with multiple people and know your stuff."

"This was a Perfect Position for me and the company. We were very Successful at that time."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"I didn't like the way upper Management ended up handling the company and the end results of the company today."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To look a Nortel as an explain of how a once successful company can end up if not Managed properly on a daily basis."

"good job evaluation for a previous experience and the vision of a job. Good review."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"international company with great internal opportunities in a great environment. A really good company to work for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"As always be natural and listen. The best way to find a good job is to listen first."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Some procedure could be disturbing but it is necessary for a big international company such as Nortel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management changed too many times in less three years so it can be disturbing."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The management team misled the employees and would not make the hard decisions earlier on that could have saved the company."

"Nortel was purchase by Wiltel, then Williams, NextiraOne and BlackBox, all growth opportunities for me."

"I was only there 10 months and was laid off upon the merger with Wellfleet."

"Company focused entirely on technology and had many overlapping and dated processes. When they had leading edge products it flourished. However, when they failed to keep up with market dynamics, it went bankrupt."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More diverse discipline presence in exec positions and spend more time improving processes and efficiency"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"For many years, the opportunity for advancement was great, and I was able to progress accordingly."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The last 3 - 5 years, the company was very unstable (as were most other telecommunications firms)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is hard to quantify, since the business areas are being broken up an sold"

"It was a company in upheaval having just acquired $18 Bill Bay Networks and it was in search of itself."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The teamwork"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very flexible!"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"No fundamental direction. Marching orders constantly changed as the company continually altered course."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have empathy with you subordinates."

"To late to change..."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"1 man's job distributed to 3 or 4 people.If senior enough, you could earn top $ without even doing any work, or even showing up at work. It's like your best dream comes true, isn't it"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask them when would all the senior mgmt (director and above) quit/leave And come back after that."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Not one of the seniors; not old enough to obtain membership of the good-old-boy club."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Identify your contributors and compensate them fairly. Get rid of the deadwood.Since you are so busy playing politics and not keeping top talents, no wonder the company went for Chapter 11.And, PLEASE, quit from Cisco. People there are now noticing you are polluting their culture and work environment. Don't turn Cisco into the next Nortel!"

"Great place to work but went bankrupt"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I did like the enviroment I was place in. I worked with multiple customers"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Was transfered to another department"