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      Ciena

      Engaged Employer

      Ciena reviews

      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (2,290 total reviews)
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      Gary B. Smith

      85% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      Ciena has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,290 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Ciena 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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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Feb 2, 2017

      software developer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Okay work environment. Good salary and bonus

      Cons

      Core business concentrates on areas that is not growing

      3.0
      Jul 19, 2016

      Program Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Company to work for .

      Cons

      Mgt do not want to let employees grow.

      2.0
      Jul 10, 2016

      Full time employee for 3 years

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good flexibility Nice to be able to Telecommute Decent Work life balance if your not a global employee If your a global employee get ready to work all hours of the day

      Cons

      Terribly incompetent HR team Pay for non-engineering roles is not competitive Absolutely no pay transparency Internal job board is outdated and does not provide enough info for those looking to transfer For all of their talk about 'people plans' and all of the survey's we fill out very little is actually done to increase employee morale No real career growth/progression opportunities If you do transfer into a new role HR does NOT allow you the necessary market correction of your salary - A lot of underpaid transfers Cost of benefits has risen quite a bit YoY Internal tech and hardware is despicable considering it is a TECH company Newly appointed COO is making decisions that baffle most Outsourcing jobs to India

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      Ciena Response
      9y
      I am naturally disappointed to hear that your time at Ciena was not more positive. We would welcome the opportunity to better understand the experience you had and any learnings we can take from it. Individuals working at Ciena will always be our priority. We continuously look for ways to enhance their experience, whether it's working hard to offer opportunities for them to progress their careers or our leading edge benefits, like excellent Flexible Working, Global Family Leave and Wellness programs. Again, we are sorry that your Ciena experience was not ideal. Please reach out to me or anyone on my team for a conversation about how we might make improvements. All the best, Jane SVP HR
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