Calix reviews

4.5

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,139 total reviews)
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Michael Weening

94% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Mar 8, 2018

No career here, just a job!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Immense technical caliber among individual contributors; Great camaraderie and willingness to go the extra mile; Good health benefits

Cons

Virtually no automation of core business processes IT, Talent and Culture are starved of resources and innovative thinking and provide poor support to other business functions Too many layers of senior leadership with big dreams brought in from multi-billion dollar companies but with... - no budget to build the empire the CEO theorizes about - no deep knowledge of the access business - no influence or imagination to effect change - no real vision to scale ... but with lots of authority to fire individuals who disagree and attaboy the "yes men", who are willing to selflessly "take one for the team" Don't expect to build a career out of your accomplishments at Calix. In fact, the job description you interviewed for may only remotely resemble what you end up doing.

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Calix Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to learn about your views on your experience at Calix and take your comments very seriously. We will look for any constructive points in your comments that can help us improve. If you have any further feedback to share, please email glassdoor@calix.com
2.0
Mar 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting work. Good products. CEO always honest and on top of things in the past.

Cons

Too middle management heavy. Experienced engineers being replaced by outsourcing teams creates an environment where nobody is certain that their job will still be there in the next Quarter. Upper management went from a super aggressive hiring mode to outsourcing model instead. It appears Calix Board/Investors are looking at bottom line costs only and losing all the company expertise. This will create a huge support hole in the future when all the knowledge base as been let go.

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Calix Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to learn about your views on your experience at Calix and take your comments very seriously. We will look for any constructive points in your comments that can help us improve and wish you the best with your next role. If you have any further feedback to share, please email glassdoor@calix.com.
1.0
Mar 1, 2018

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working Remote was the biggest plus

Cons

Too many to give examples

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Calix Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to learn about your views on your experience at Calix and take your comments very seriously. We will look for any constructive points in your comments that can help us improve and wish you the best with your next role. If you have any further feedback to share, please email glassdoor@calix.com.
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