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Updated on: January 12, 2026

Ericsson Company Culture

Ericsson Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
4.1/5
Ericsson's Overall Culture is rated B

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

CEO Rating
A+
Leadership
B+
Manager
B+
Perks & Benefits
B+
Outlook
B+

Ericsson CEO

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Borje Ekholm Ericsson's CEO
Borje Ekholm
81 /100
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A Day in the Life
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Ericsson employees generally work 9.1 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Ericsson report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Ericsson have 4+ meetings
Meetings
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79% of Ericsson employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Ericsson employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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67% of Ericsson employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Ericsson employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
Feedback
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76% of Ericsson employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Ericsson?

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  • Completely change L1-L3

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What benefits does Ericsson provide?

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  • Progressive PTO, Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k), STV, 6 weeks paternity leave, 4 month maternity leave, some minor extras

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What's the company culture like at Ericsson?

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  • They try to force innovation but failed so far. The real culture is reactive and conservative (trying to apply hardware world processes into...

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what's your workflow? agile? waterfall?

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  • Agile.

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How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?

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  • Around 10% women. Still very diverse with regard to culture (around 5 nationalities within a 20 people team).

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How do the current devs on the team act towards new developers that join?

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  • Fairly well, there is a lot of cooperation within a team, but it becomes trickier when between teams, as they look more like different...

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Ericsson applied for 314 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 64% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Ericsson has a total of 118055 employees

314
Total Applied
  • 64% Granted (202 out of 314)
  • <1% Denied (1 out of 314)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 314)
  • 35% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (111 out of 314)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Ericsson

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40%

Ericsson currently ranks in the Top 40% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Ericsson

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25%

Ericsson currently ranks in the Top 25% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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27
eNPS Score
52%Promoters
23%Passives
25%Detractors
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Mission, Vision, & Values

Ericsson Software Engineers are at the forefront of advanced communications, and are committed to building the technologies that will transform our world. Ericsson employees in over 180 countries are dedicated to creating and servicing industry-leading solutions, ranging from Cloud services to 5G Mobile Broadband (including 4G), the Internet of Things, and Network Design and Optimization. Our services, software and infrastructure enable entire industries to do better business, increase efficiency, improve user experiences and capture new opportunities. With over 42,000 granted patents, Ericsson has one of the industry's strongest patent portfolios. R&D is at the heart of our business - approximately 23,700 employees are dedicated to it. This commitment will help us realize our vision for a Networked Society, in which everyone and everything is connected in real time, enabling new ways to collaborate, share and learn.

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Ericsson Culture At a Glance

Ericsson has 118055 employees. 551 employees at Ericsson have reviewed Ericsson across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 10 days ago.

Overall, the 551 Ericsson employees give their leadership a grade of B+, or Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Ericsson are generally satisfied with their total compensation at Ericsson, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Ericsson are pleased with their team. 551 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at Ericsson are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Ericsson believe the environment at Ericsson is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Ericsson is comfortably fast. About 57% of the employees at Ericsson work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Ericsson are happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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