A typical day at work would start by reviewing my mail, as this is a global company most communictaion takes place via email. Then I would check my calender for any upcoming meetings or committments for the day and week.Depending on what is sitting in my mail box and to-do-list, I would tackle each task accordingly.
While at Ericsson I learnt how to be a stronger person; an independent worker and thinker; gained knowledge on customer and environmental analysis, strategic planning and implementation, branding, time management, presentation skills, importance of being target and goal oriented, organizational skills, teamwork with both local and international stakeholders and accountability.
The management style within the company was veried and differed from person-to-person. The most dominant management approach though was one that encourged self-management and free thinking.
While at Ericsson I had the opportunity to work with the best team a girl could ask for. My co-workers proved to be kind, hard-working, reliable and creative individuals. We where always there to support each other, wheather the matter was personal or business related.
Coming from a very non-technical background and having to function in a very technical, engineering based company was challenging. The hardest part of the job was trying to grasp the essence of the business while keeping up with people who have been doing this for years. It was very challenging for me but it taught me to be a more patie
Productive, Supportive and Allows for growth and learning
A typical day involves assisting the price managers with the deals that have been allocated to them. We analyse the Bill of Material and apply the correct pricing to ensure profitability and optimum cash flow terms in the deal.
I have gathered corporate and finance experience from this position. The rotation has taught me to adjust quickly to different working environments and expectations while each department has taught me all the fundamental commercial issues to optimize in order to remain profitable with a viable cash flow. These include compliance to business critical terms and conditions, sales support and operations, the importance of facilitators like bid and proposal managers and the value all these fields add to the overall commercial view.
The management gives immediate feedback on all the tasks required and the progress of the internship on a monthly basis while the co-workers are very helpful and readily-available to assist in any task. The environment is very open and allows for growth and learning.
The hardest part of the job is creating customer price books as the task is quite manual and requires cross-referencing between different pricing sheets and requires time and accuracy. The most enjoyable part is having my work approved and appreciated as it validates what I have learned.
Prosflexible time schedules and free fruit and coffee
Consas an intern the restructuring has brought uncertainty to my prospects
+/- :It's a big company, so the roles are usually fixed to one focus area. You will definately be an expert in a particular role which can be good for some, but in my case I was a sofware license handler - which company needs a specialist in license handling?
+ :Ability to present will get you far in the company as you may be requested to train other colleagues from other regions or even represent your own region in decision making.
- :You may struggle a bit in understanding the jargon at first since there are many abbreviation used on a daily base.
- :There are retrenchments almost every two to three years so it's wise to spend less, save a lot and keep on studying to upgrade your skill.
+ :Your hours are flexible, so you may plan your working hours according to the workload you have. But when there are emergencies you must be available at any time of day.
+ :In all my years of working there - I have not witnessed people arguing with disrespect. So I assume that value of respect is taken seriously in the company.
+ :There's a smoking area set apart for smokers, far away from the balconies or any public areas in the building, this is GREAT for non-smokers.
+ :The company pays well.
During my time at Ericsson, I worked in the support; here we looked at all the problems in the network that the customers had. We supported the Sub Saharan Countries.
In the operations, I worked as the senior integrator. I worked to the satisfaction of most the clients I did projects with. I accomplished many HLR redundancies, MSC and MSS integrations, LTE integrations and many other small projects as in my CV.
I worked as head of Operations in Chad. Here my responsibilities were switch, BSS, BTS. I controlled that we have connectivity in the network with good quality. One of the big achievement was looking at the fuel supply in the network. The AIRTEL network had only 20% of antennas connected electricity supply. The remaining 80% had to function 24 hours a day. As the fuel was a very critical business where stealing was very frequent; we developed a method of controlling the fuel supplies that was effective. During my time as Head of Operations, we did not have any antenna that went down because of lack of supply. The Country Manager was satisfied with my work but I had to leave for health reasons.
A typical day starts with team meeting or passive discussion about what needs to be done on the day and follow up from previous activities. There is a lot learned since this is an international company. Not only technical things but also personal growth i.e. interacting with people from different countries on a professional level. There is so much exposure to the world of technology and to exciting work tools and applications. Also I learned to work independently since in most projects I was alone, so it required self reliance. The management style is excellent and engagement with staff is the key component. The co-workers have high team spirit and they are welcoming. They are always willing to jump in and assist, very professional and mostly intelligent. The hardest part of the job is that most of the time you travel within and outside South Africa on short notice but besides that everything else is enjoyable everyday.
ProsLicensed software tools are readily available inside the company, no need to worry about any work tool.
Ericsson is a good, solid company to work for and promotes their key values, work-life balance and provides ample opportunity for career advancement, especially inter-department and intercompany opportunities.
As with any multinational I have worked in before, there is always room for improvement, which I am extremely grateful for as I love improving processes, systems and performance within Finance to deliver tangible and sustainable outcomes to our bottom line.
Hence, it is a perfect fit for my passion. However, not all may view this as an advantage to their career and might be equally frustrated by areas of improvement over which they have little or no control
Ericsson supports their staff and with the right Management in place, the sky is the limit for ones' progression. One should always consider that career development is in ones' own hands and it is ultimately what you make of it...so take chances like vitamins!
ProsFlexibility, good packages, subsidised canteen, gym in the office
I started early in the morning to avoid disturbances. Start by checking the feedback I received over night from the on site personnel. Check the project schedule to see if we were still on track. Have a meeting with project staff at 08:00. Make sure the team know what planned for the day / night. If needed, implement catch up plan,and make sure everyone is on the same track. Prepare feedback / report back to stake holders. Check budgets. Check Stock levels. Make sure the reporting tool (MS Project) is updated. Talk to engineers and give Feedback. Make sure all emails are responded to. Make sure everything went well for the day staff, and make sure night staff knows what is their task for the evening. Be on stand-by if emergency decisions needs to be taken.
ProsVery rewarding to roll out big project in time and in budget
ConsExtremely stressful if the wheel become pear shaped
I have learned to be a good team player and work well to produce positive result no matter how stressful is the day. In the work environment you discover different type of people but you just have to be firm and act professionally all the time.
It was challenging to be chasing the deadlines when the time is very short, but accomplishing all your duties and going beyond was exciting. All I was doing is to take everything that is coming your way as a professional challenge and all will be accomplished in a proper and productive way.
The growth level is still a challenge.
ProsThere was not much of Pros, but the accessibility of Ericsson in all areas and free sitting: Also lunches on quarterly meetings.
ConsWorking long hours and going beyond your scope of hours, but that is not a con but a challenge.
Great company, though present Offshoring culture has great negative impacts.
Days always start with good strong coffee- Swedish like their coffee strong.
Then to catch up on the e-mail, this corporate loves e-mail, and "Reply to all" button is the most common used.
The Management culture is non confrontational, as this is a Swedish company, it seems to be part of their culture.
It can be most frustrating to get decisions made on issues that will have unpopular outcome for one of the parties.
Apart from the present drive to Offshore to the East, it is still a great company to work for. Though the last few years have been unstable , due to continues restructuring.
ProsGreat place to learn & work
ConsNot too high on the job security side for long term employment.
My day is pretty busy with all the maintenance that needs to be done to maintain each site to ensure everything is up and running. Its a lot of travelling as well as time spent on phones to make sure each site is functioning correctly, or if there is no power to a site we need to deploy generators.
Our team works well together and I have been top performer in Gauteng most of the time. I take great pride in my work and can be quite tough but I want the work to be done correctly first time and not have to continuosly return to the same site.
I love my job and I have travelled all over Africa doing this job with various companies.
I would really like to find a permanent position.
This is a completely unaltered & unbiased review, considering my experience while working in the Organization. Firstly, being a telecom company, many would be afraid of the work culture, but as compared to other competitors, I feel Ericsson goes beyond expectations. I worked as a Solution Integrator at Ericsson India Global Services for 2 years. Started as a fresher and built a strong career while working there.
Here are the Pros and Cons which i felt were worth mentioning -
Firstly the cons -
The biggest con here is salary hike. When I was working there, the hike percentage was very less. I saw people working for 2-3 years straight with a very low yearly average hike. That might be during my tenure and maybe it improved after I left or was better maybe before my joining, but this was the case during the time I was employed.
Also, in some projects I have seen and happened in my case as well, project managers were very rude to employees. Just to impress the clients with fast results, they kept burdening the employees. This is not right, considering the core ethics of Ericsson which respects each and every employee in the organization with work-life balance. On the other hand, I was very much impressed with my Reporting manager. Was very supportive and always tried to help me up-skill myself in regards to the latest technologies.
Also, they need to increase the compensation provided to employees who work nights, odds and extra hours. When I was employed the tariff
High employee turn over, poor management exploiting a revolving door of entry starters.
1.4 out of 5
Random shifts, hot desking, mundane and repetitive, little room for progression, no work to life balance. I only recommend this job to people with a degree who are desperate for money.
Starts from as early as 5.15am and midnight finishes. Better than competitors but leaves little free time.
The initial 6 weeks of training they put you through are both fun and frustrating. There is only one way to do things. You are not encouraged to think outside of the box and you are chastised for asking for help more than once or twice. Seeing as they cut the training down from 3 months to 5/6 weeks and the probation period from 9 months to 5/6 months, there is little time to learn and you are berated quickly. However, it is interesting to learn that live subtitles are 're-spoken' into a microphone and see it being done.
You learn how to subtitle either live TV or non live-TV (File) at first. You stand a better chance if they put you into File training but I've heard they tend to forget about you after a few weeks of training there. You do not get a choice in this matter.
Management are rather cold but they are available and they will tell you what you are doing wrong. Not sure who are breathing down their necks but the pressure to achieve almost 100% accuracy targets is unbelievably high. You will be 'criticised' for not meeting targets as soon as a month after being ejected from training and advice isn't given.
They will look for reasons NOT to keep you on
ProsFree coffee when the machine isn't broken.
ConsLong hours, management, poor-workplace culture, high employee turn over, no life.
Good for career start. Not a place for experienced people.
Pros :
- Very relaxed in certain roles. I noticed during pandemic alot of people are offline most of the day and really abusing it. Work life balance is generally good.
- Good to work here for 2-3 years while building CV towards another role. You will encounter many lifers here who have worked here for 25+ years
- Lots of training available around development and scrum. No real leadership training or soft skills training. Training is typically developer focused.
- Good tooling. Jira, confluence etc.
- Processes are well documented
- Pension is 8%.
- 27 days leave.
Cons :
- Product Owner is a horrible job here. Seen as the jira administrator. No control to make any real decisions. Huge expectation from developers on what code changes are needed. Grooming can be very draining and combative.
- Salary is at least 20%+ below the market. Maybe even more.
- Salary increases - Either none, or 1% year on year. Typically none.
- Over engineered product architectures. Normal to be in endless calls about things that don't matter to anyone outside Athlone as the architecture group search for the greatest architecture on earth.
- Scrum is a facade here. This companies operates 100% waterfall from requirements to implementation. Huge analysis efforts up front by the S&T organisation. This is a key reason why they cannot develop software at speed. Lots of docs about 'agile' but so far away from it. Simple requirements can take 3 months analysis, then weeks of planing before a scrum
ProsRelaxed, Low stress, Will learn 'how not to run a development org'.
ConsNo career advancement, Low salary compared to market, Could learn technologies no other company is using. Legacy mindset and culture.
Ericsson / IBS & GSM Repeater PP&C – PM: January 2013 – September 2013 (9 months) • Establish project baseline plan and scope • Prepare a form to be created in SH for IBS project • Drive project execution • Update all project progress in the SH • Set core meeting to follow APs and share updates • Prepare project progress tracker and distribute updates with Team, Customer and Vendors • Manage project finance and margin monitoring • Prepare PEF for project related POs • Request PR/PO/GR for SPs • Monitor booked costs in MUS and Update information in the SAP • Coaching project team, Problem solving and defining APs • Follow up all project’s related issues • Conduct baseline and progress meetings with Customer • Prepare needed Presentation/MoM • Handover project deliverables and follow invoicing • Manage customer expectations and build a social relation with customer • Handle escalation and communication skills • Participate in all Internal, Supplier, Subcontractor and customer meetings Mainly, I was responsible for all project related cases within Ericsson Company, Customer and BSS Vendors.
Ericsson / Project Planner & Controller: October 2008 – December 2012 (4 years 3 months) Handling all project planning and project control matters during project establishment, execution and conclusion phases. Principally, project planning, organizing, monitoring, maintaining and closing down of required services in the field of planning and control issues Interact with all regional stak
• Managing a 25+ team of Design, procure, deliver and implement FTTx Triple-Play Fiber Network to Home at du locations within UAE and GCC including Civil infrastructure, Fiber and cupper Backbone, network equipment implementation and voice service delivery platform through GOPN fiber to home.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Responsible for the project delivery schedule, cost and quality and achievement of the finance target (Revenue ,Profit ,Cash Flow.etc)
• Estimate the resources and man-power needed to achieve project goals
• Plan and schedule project timelines and track project milestones using appropriate tools.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises and devise contingency plans
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members; influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Determines KPIs for such areas, monitors the KPI’s within the agreed thresholds reporting any deviation, and conducts analysis to identify weaknesses/improvement areas.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Creating Customer\Vendors Work Orders and POs.
• Develops and establishes technical and operating standards, installation standards, corrective and preven
Decent place to work for Tower techs depending on your position
I started as a Tower tech with little experience here worked for 2yrs in new England market and never saw a pay raise. They rely heavily on the lowest position workers (green guys) exceeding their position and making up for higher paid individuals who lack on their job. I saw many guys quit and leave the industry because of this. The fastest learners and hardest workers never get compensated for their efforts. Instead it seemed to always be the opposite. The worse you perform the better off you are to management. Management has no idea of the workers in the field and will believe anything a foreman says about you. Often foremen take all credit for good work and blame all the bad on certain crew members. Many lies were told to management constantly and you have no idea until its too late to cover yourself. Its not the kind of place you can just do a good job and not have to worry about what's being said about you. Extremely unproductive system of management and shows year after year when the market does not make money. The managers are too far separated from the field workers. Overall the worst part about working here is seeing the people that work the hardest and deserve the most never getting recognized or compensated but instead getting continuously abused because management knows they do whatever is asked of them. Also they will favor race or gender in any situation. If you are black or female you have a free pass to do whatever you want and still have a job. Highly discr
Estuve allí durante casi cuatro años. Es verdad que, dentro de lo que cabe, respetan la conciliación laboral (aunque si te tocan guardias, habría que verlo), pero yo allí no estaba motivado. En buena parte, yo sentía (y lo vi cuando me echaron) que ése no era mi sitio, pero me acostumbré al mismo, aunque nunca estuve realmente comprometido con la empresa porque no la sentía como mía (es algo sólo personal).
Mi trabajo fue bastante sota-caballo-rey y mi posibilidad de profundizar en áreas técnicas (yo era programador) dejaba bastante que desear, aunque también es verdad que teníamos una vez cada quince días de "laboratorio" (poder o formarnos en algo que nos guste o desarrollar algo que pueda ser útil a la empresa).
En cuanto a relación con los compañeros, bueno, había de todo. Hubo un periodo, cuando lanzaron un proyecto que exigió mucho esfuerzo extra a los del departamento donde yo estaba, que acabó sacando lo peor de muchos (yo trabajé algunos sábados, domingos nunca, y traté de buscar la mayor cantidad de tiempo libre posible). Con algunos compañeros me llevaba bien, con otros no muy bien.
Otra cosa buena: tenía teletrabajo y hubo un periodo en que trabajaba desde casa algunos días (ahorrando atascos y tiempo), hasta que lo quitaron y sólo para situaciones excepcionales. Y no me pagaban mal.
También hay algo que creo que deberían cambiar: hay demasiadas reuniones (no sólo de proyecto, sino de departamento), y eso, para los que somos técnicos, no es lo mejor.
# Typical day at work was to meet daily job targets..
• Chief Assistance to Head Ericsson
• Worked on SAP and CONCUR softwares for preparing claims
• Drafting blog for Head Ericsson on official Ericsson website
• Tour planning & making schedules
• Making Presentations for Management Meetings
• Managing & co-ordinating with Swedish Expats for all their official and Paper work
• To monitor tasks delegated by Head to ensure that the task is achieved to agreed deadlines.
• External & Internal interface on behalf of Head.
• Plan and schedule meetings, Appointments and Conference calls.
• Interacting with the Clients . Responsible for Guest Hospitality.
• Maintaining Contact Directory / Visiting Cards of Vendors.
• Travel bookings for local employees and visitors
• Assisting with Event Management
• Office Project Management as required
• Supporting Office Manager as required
• Supporting HR and other managers as required
• Organizing lunches and refreshments as required
• Provide efficient & timely support to the Head & other senior members.
• Should able to manage the letters, couriers, official and personal files.
• Provide support on admin items in the office
• Arrange and attend meetings and take minutes, transcribe and distribute minutes to concerned departments; prepare agenda for various meetings.
• Compile, compose, edit, produce and distribute a variety of documents independently, including correspondence, reports and presentations.
• Handle
Prosfeasibile timings, lunch, tea, conveyance, good salary
ConsTook time to reach office, more people more co-ordination required
Para mi la experiencia dentro de Ericsson fue bastante buena, pero si vas a trabajar ahí debes saber:
- Ascender es difícil hay cursos que hacer y pruebas que rendir junto con entrevistas donde colocan lo que has realizado en revisión, dentro de Ericsson se dice que es mucho más fácil salir de Ericsson y volver a un cargo superior que lograrlo internamente.
- Si quieres cumplir horarios fijos y no quieres trabajar los fines de semana esta no es tu empresa, te sugiero mirar hacia el lado y postular a otra.
- No hay política de mantener a los recursos, si eres bueno te valoran pero no harán mucho por retenerte mejor dicho harán algo que es el mínimo.
- Los cambios de directiva global en Ericsson son comunes así que puede que entres y hayan 300 personas trabajando contigo y a los 2 años solo queden 120 o menos, porque el CEO cambió el enfoque de la empresa.
- El manejo de proyectos digitales es muy malo, cuando yo me fui y estaban tratando de igualar las formas de trabajo dentro de la compañía, espero que lo hayan logrado.
- Como los proyectos no se manejan igual y los directores de proyectos no son buenos el caos es una constante (estoy hablando solo de la parte de transformación digital que es donde yo estuve)
Bueno te preguntaras porque si tiene tantas contras porque califiqué tan bien a la empresa, simple:
- Si tu manager es de los buenos ten por seguro que aprenderás muchísimo y te apoyará en todo.
- Sí estás en un buen equipo te hacen sentir en familia
They employed me after doing a telecom program using my GI bill, coming out of the military.
When I started out, I worked between 50 to 60 hours a week, but work never felt like work because I got along with my coworker very well + climbing massive steel towers for a living is obviously rather exciting.
Work/Family balance is amazing. I was pretty much able to take off whenever I wanted, and even starting off you have a lot of PTO available.
There's also not really anyone peering over your shoulder. They give you a company truck or rental, and have you do all the maintenance on it using a company credit card. With that in mind, you get informed of where you have to go every day through email, on your company laptop. This allows for a very independent work atmosphere because your clock starts as soon as you get in your work truck in the morning, and you get to plan your route to site yourself and meet up with your partner at said site, instead of having to jump in to a van at a set time every morning.
My manager was nothing short of amazing, and was extremely understanding and kind (experiences may vary from manager to manager though, ofcourse).
Now on to the bad :
Work started to slow down, and because of it, they laid off a lot of technicians, including myself.
This is understandable. However, while I was employed, I got activated by the National Guard on multiple occasions, sometimes for 2 weeks at a time. During these times, Ericsson actually still paid me part of m
ProsAmazing work/family balance. Very independent/left alone. Strong focus on safety.
ConsThey pay you while serving your country, but fail to mention they'll take it all back if you get laid off.
Questions And Answers about Ericsson
How did you feel about telling people you worked at Ericsson-Worldwide?
Asked 23 Jun 2017
Great working environment, and opportunities
Answered 11 Jun 2020
It is a well environment
Answered 09 Apr 2018
How should you prepare for an interview at Ericsson-Worldwide?
Asked 20 Dec 2017
Know your products you are selling and the company rules and regulations.
Answered 10 Apr 2019
Dress properly, be ready to travel. Be ready to have meetings with customer. Keep company confidentiality.
Answered 08 Feb 2019
What should you wear to an interview at Ericsson-Worldwide?
Asked 13 Sept 2017
Smart Casual
Answered 23 Nov 2020
Suite
Formal clothing neat
Answered 20 Dec 2017
What is the company culture at Ericsson-Worldwide?
Asked 01 Sept 2017
Company culture is amazing, everyone was friendly and helpful. The dress code was good (smart casual). Working from home was a thing before Covid and the working hours were flexible as well.
Answered 31 Jul 2022
Good and reliable company culture with job security
Answered 21 Sept 2018
What is the work environment and culture like at Ericsson-Worldwide?
