Is Calix a good company to work for?

Calix has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 1,208 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 92% of employees would recommend working at Calix to a friend and 92% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Calix have been left by employees working as Senior Solutions Engineer , Customer Success Manager and Customer Operations Representative .

Does Calix pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Calix employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Calix. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Calix?

92% of Calix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Calix 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Calix?

Staff Software Engineer (33) , Software Engineer (27) , Principal Software Engineer (26) , Sales (23) , Senior Software Engineer (22) , Director (20) , Senior Manager (19) , Senior Solutions Engineer (18) , Regional Sales Manager (17) , Customer Success Manager (15) , Systems Engineer (13) , Manager (12) , Sales Manager (12) , Customer Operations Representative (11) , Sales Engineer (11)

What are the pros of working at Calix according to real employee reviews?

"great benefits and share options" ((in 130 reviews)); "Great people to work with and good products." ((in 89 reviews)); "I don't feel there's enough I can say about this company and the great leadership." ((in 71 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can work remotely" ((in 48 reviews)); "Great team and the environment." ((in 47 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Calix according to real employee reviews?

"Sudden layoffs with little warnings, even for high performers" ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Calix layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Calix layoffs and their outlook for job security at Calix in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Calix locations?

San Jose , Petaluma , Dallas , Minneapolis , Denver , Richardson , San Francisco , Boston , Chicago , New York , Phoenix , Nashville , Atlanta , Salt Lake City , Los Angeles , Richmond , Washington , Cary , Raleigh , Norwich , San Diego , Santa Barbara , Seattle , Eugene , Plymouth , Kansas City , Saint Louis , Charlotte , Austin , Plano

Calix reviews

4.5

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,139 total reviews)

Michael Weening

94% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

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Calix has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Calix employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

3.0

Aug 7, 2015

Hits and misses

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CEO has a good vision on where to drive the company. The engineering teams that I have worked with are hard working and very professional. Depending on the product team, work-life balance is good.

Cons

Recent shifts in HR policy regarding raises and other forms of additional compensation make it hard to justify staying with the company. Benefits are just so-so. Lots of shuffling and expanding in upper management make for instability.

3.0

Nov 21, 2008

Best place to retire

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm speaking from the engineering perspective. This may or may not apply to other departments. If you want to retire, and don't want to learn anything new, this is the place. The challenges are not great, the work is very simple. Occasionally there is overtime work, but most of the time it's just 9 to 5.

Cons

Lots of the engineers are very old-schooled, and there's no passion shown towards their work. They don't want to learn anything new, and very comfortable with what they have. Can you imagine, in these days of age, you guys use only C? Not only that, the team is currently too big, too much overhead.

1.0

Feb 3, 2026

Going Downhill

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some co-workers Benefits Paid time off

Cons

Masogonistic. Leadership. Many broken processes. Too many reps, not enough TAM. Often impossible quotas. “Promotions” with no raise but more work. Stalled growth, just look at their stock.

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