Telefónica reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(1,629 total reviews)
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Marc Murtra

69% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Telefónica has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,629 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Telefónica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jan 27, 2015

Eight years working in the group

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opportunity to work in a Global Company, with offices and business units all over the world. Not only a learning experience from the Telecommunication perspective, but also from marketing and products.

Cons

It will always privilege Spanish people for major and higher positions and roles before giving them than local people, even though the position may not be in Spain (company headquarters). So, not necessarily competences and results are taken into consideration when promoting or recognizing someone. Be prepared to be very political if you want to achieve professional growth within the group. If you don't have a great relationship with influential people, you will most likely never grow. Due to its size and age, there are plenty of protocols, systems, bureaucracies to follow before having anything done. You have to be very patient and anticipate plenty exchange of emails, meetings and phone call before getting anything done.

2.0
Jun 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

O2 UK: See what you can do. What an amazing brand and great place to work. Fun, exciting, dynamic, innovative. You can reminisce about all these good things because it is all gone and the company is managed from an impersonal meeting room north of Madrid like a Spanish government organisation. Pay is good, the good pension is gone and they have an extreme version of hot-desking implemented in Slough that may rival Nordic traditions of flexible working. You can work from home and expect to travel to Madrid on a regular basis...

Cons

The company is managed like a government department; extreme micromanagement and medieval promotion methods. Those in the circle of trust are promoted and congratulated in numerous employee events.

3.0
May 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working is a real pro to Tef, but in fairness if they didn't have it you wouldn't get a desk and certainly not a parking space at the HQ. The culture is good as are in general the people i have worked with. The overall package is pretty good, but they are not the highest payers.

Cons

Seemingly inept senior leadership that have been in post too long do not appear to have a firm grasp on the future of the company. They appear very nepotistic in appointment of senior roles, do not embrace change or innovation and ultimately seem powerless to steer the company in a clear and focussed path. Middle management are un-empowered and generally spineless to the disarray above. Under/Mis-investment and central Tef milking of the cash cow that was O2 is now revealing cracks in the company.

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