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      Ciena

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      Ciena reviews

      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (2,291 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 2,291 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
      Aug 18, 2014

      Too much emphasis in keeping jobs in Canada

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of very capable people in the Hanover/Linthicum MD area.

      Cons

      Major management decisions coming from Ottawa. Decisions rarely based on long term outlook...very concerned with Quarterly results. Management commitment to product quality is questionable.

      2.0
      Mar 27, 2014

      Major part of the quality work is Off-shored,

      It analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility. International Presence. Company seems to be growing

      Cons

      Ciena is not a place that will enhance your technical skills. Its a place to do some legacy ownership, and light work. The technical teams are Disorganized, disconnected. This mainly happens because most of the quality work is off-shored, with major control given to off shore teams. The vibes hence is on buying specialized skills from outside rather than build technical expertise, within, but in reality these specialized skills have little experience, and quite little tendency to share the work, or transfer knowledge to those internal to team. Less transparency and reliability witnessed on the culture of the company.

      2.0
      Dec 13, 2012

      Systemically bad management, no investment back into ERP or employees

      Middle level management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The increasingly dwindling employee base still had a few folks left who were tenured enough to know the day to day process.

      Cons

      *Extremely high employee turnover *Bonuses were a farce *Terrible upper management *Horrible cross departmental communication/cohesiveness *Complete lack of concern about employees *Zero corporate culture

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