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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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Territory Account Manager

"Too bad they have so many finacial problems"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The opportunity to offer a strong value proposition"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"There was lack of job security because of poor financial standing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not put the cart before the horse"

Senior Technician

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Management trust employee. Employee trust management. Management is not very strict with employee."

Senior Manager

"Nortel is in bankruptcy procedings and will no longer exist in a few months"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The people, the technology"

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

"Do not"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The inept and corrupt upper management"

Senior Systems Test Engineer

"Biased"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Great Products and Technology"

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

"You will be sold out"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Stupid Management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a new line of work"

Field Systems Engineer

"Limited, Nortel Networks was wonderful however is no longer in business."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"The travel serving the United States and the technology."

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

"Understand networking."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"I LOVED Nortel Networks, They had massive layoff and went out of business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be a bit more careful with expenses."

Senior Member of Scientific Staff

"About average"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Good benefit and pension plan"

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

"Better to know insider"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Management team"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"more benefit to Engineer instead of Management team"

Optical Tester

"I have been there for over a year as a contractor and they haven't offer me a permanent position."

Architect

"Was good company, but bad leadership led to bankrupcy."

Systems Administrator

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I liked everything about working at Nortel when it was a thriving company. Benefits, retirement, bonuses, salary and my coworkers were all great assests when working at Nortel."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"The fact the we are now in bankruptcy and the job will end soon."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have always had excellent managers."

Telecommunications Technician
in Rtp, NC

"never had the chance to move up like I wanted to"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"hours,pay,benefits"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"brown nosers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"go back to management school if you have the know how to do it"

Senior Software Engineer

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"I enjoyed the project I was working on and the opportunity to learn new things"

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

"They are bankrupt, N/A"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Management was so bad that they went bankrupt!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's too late, they went bankrupt already."

Patent Examiner

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"working with new technologies"

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

"good gig to work for"

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"long days and nights at work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"try to be as positive as possible"

Senior Sales Executive

"Nortel was a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"This was a company that would take your career objectives as their objectives. The environment was very conducive to learning."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"It didn't make the best decisions near the end"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to rebuild with small steps based from the core competencies"

Technician

"Nortel was a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"Travel and Home time was blanced and the work was always intence."

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

"Hang on to a great company"

Technician

"This review is not at beginning it for end of my career time."

What do you like about working at Nortel?

"It was really great place to work at beginning, but past year company was keep going worst and worst. upper Management team need to be work on or need to be replace."

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

"If you like what you see at this time then it is great place to work at."

What don't you like about working at Nortel?

"Job security is not safe at this time, but could be better if company's financier situation gets better."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management need to under stand what market needs and what employer need. it could be vise verse."

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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