Telenor Reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,305 total reviews)
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Sigve Brekke

59% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Telenor has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,305 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Telenor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
19 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Additional benefits, medical and discounts. Great company to learn about the products, to learn about how business works. Gives you real glimpse about big company strategy and how that "machine" works. Lot of opportunity to develop your knowledge and to stay on track about industry movement. Great To develop your knowledge about the market also. Great CXO team, mid management so-so

Cons

As a person starting from entry level position, one can grow only to a certain level ( both in learning curve and salary increase). It seems that sometimes it's better to build your self in some other small company and then to come here to "pick up the fruits". Company sometimes tends to oversee the internal employees potential.

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Telenor Response
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Thanks for your feedback about working at the company. We’re obviously glad that there were several things you liked about the experience, especially what you got a chance to develop your knowledge about the industry and the market. More importantly, though, we’d like to address some of your cons. The aim at Telenor is that employees are supported with learning and growth options in their position, and outside that. We’re currently working really hard with our Learning and Development offering so that employees always feel they can expand and learn. Always moving, never standing still, especially in a time of so much change. It’s really important for us, too, that even from an entry-level position, employees can see a future vision for themselves in the company, and are able to make that sort of plan with their manager so that they can set their goals that match their ambition and ability. It’s a pity to hear that wasn’t your experience. If you have any other feedback, we’d love to hear it at hiring@telenor.com. Thank you!
1.0
15 Jul 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, salaries above market

Cons

Company been cutting head counts, it’s a bloated company on the top; virtually everyone has a senior title on the group level. But Senior level titles mean nothing, end up doing a lot menial stuff . ‘Tight-loose-tight’ is the worse culture ever, provides no coaching and you are expected to know everything with little training or guidance (you can learn on the job!); it also means that after all the hard work during the ‘loose’ time eventually you have to follow exactly what your big boss wants to the point you end up being dictated what to do and what to write. Work flexibility comes with conditions: ‘give and take - company gives but you have to also give something back’ and ‘flexibility means different in different cultures and location’. Do not question senior management, their word is final; giving feedback to the management is super difficult. End up spending a lot of time beautifying internal work for the senior management. Internal politics is rife.

3.0
8 Jun 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- fair compensation package (though it used to be even better) - generally friendly, helpful atmosphere - flexible hours, home-office opportunity - constantly changing organisation - lots of opportunities to learn

Cons

- Senior management lacks direction, focus, vision - Personal cult atmosphere: when talking about a task/project, roles, responsibilities, reasons, facts seem to be non-existing, they don't matter - only WHO said it - non-existing HR - (Hungarian) HQ way outside Budapest in the middle of nowhere - decreasing concentration of talented people

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