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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 72 Nortel Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.1
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Customer Support Technician

"Contract Job"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"In Shipping Dept"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nice People"

Presales Solutions Architect

"CEOs cheated on the book, drove the company into Chapter 11 and did not fund the pension as they should have"

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

"Is has been chopped up and sold of so they cant. Avaya bought my division"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"What the upeermanagement and Board allowed to happen"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I hope you lose it all at a critical time as you did with a wonderful company"

Administrative Assistant

"Great Company to Work For!"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I worked there many years ago"

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

"Just be professional"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management at the time was great!"

Regional Sales Manager

"Currently in Chapter 11."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"It was on the leading edge of technology when I was there."

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

"N/A. The are on their way out of business."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"It was heavy at the top. Multiple layers of management, inflexible and it became somewhat restricting to overachievers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more flexible, creative and utilize the skill of the people you hire."

Account Manager

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The opportunity to apply your skills to achieve objecives."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"I no longer work for them, they went bankrupt."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on profit."

Senior Product Marketing Manager

"Bankruptcy from poor leadership and misguided acquisition strategy."

R&D Engineer

"This is the first time I have to do some thing like this after applying for a job"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"There are lot of opportunity to learn. Very flexible in work hrs,"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"its a failed company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"can be improved"

Software Test Engineer

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Great Place"

Senior Sales and Marketing Manager

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Customers and Co-Workers"

Director of Customer Service

"Excellent company but due to the dot com bust, they went out of business."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Excellent company, products and company"

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

"They are out of business and were purchased by avaya"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"They went out of business..."

Senior Field Technician

"professional, not too many questions"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I enjoyed the travel and working with various customers"

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

"The company has been taken over by Avaya"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"nothing to mention"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"noting to mention"

Assistant Operations Engineer

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The people I work with."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The Travel was 70%"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Company is out of business"

Software Engineer

"Nortel great place to work but no job security"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I like the technology and the people I work with. I like being on a global team. Gives me the chance to travel and meet people from different backgrounds."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Job security or lack of security. Nortel is in bankruptcy and is being sold."

Technical Lead

"Nortel Network used to be a good company to work for"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"It is a big corprate to work for and team members are good team playres."

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

"Be a good team player"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Some time in big corporation, it takes long time for minor decisons."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Upper management should get into more proactive role to compete with competition vendors."

Senior Product Manager

"A company with excellent technology, bankrupted by less than competent management."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Outstanding technology, a great deal of diversity, large scope of opportunity."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Heavy politics, less than competent upper management and in later years, a CYA attitude among most staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"n/a - Nortel is now bankrupt."

Nortel Reviews FAQs

Is Nortel a good company to work for?

Nortel has an overall rating of 4.2 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 72 Nortel Review Ratings left anonymously by Nortel employees, which is 8% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 99% of employees would recommend working at Nortel.

Does Nortel pay their employees well?

Nortel employees earn $86,000 annually on average, or $41 per hour, which is 30% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 14 Nortel employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Nortel Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Nortel?

99% of employees would recommend working at Nortel with the overall rating of 4.2 out of 5. Employees also rated Nortel 4.1 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.0 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Nortel?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Nortel is a Senior Counsel at $351,000 annually. Browse Nortel Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Nortel?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Nortel is a Customer Service Clerk at $24,000 annually. Browse Nortel Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Nortel?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Nortel to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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