Ciena reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,292 total reviews)
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Gary B. Smith

86% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ciena has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,292 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
4.0
Sep 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work environment, Progressive, Good People

Cons

Need to be more competitive in work and salaries

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Ciena Response
6y
Thank you for your review! We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience working at Ciena. We strive to create a great place to work and value feedback so that we can become an even better company.” Feel free to drop us a note at Cienafeedback@ciena.com.
5.0
Aug 8, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I started my career at Ciena in June 2018, I was hired for a ‘Software Engineer – New Grad’ position. Ciena has provided me with great experience and learning opportunities. From the beginning of my position here, I have been treated as capable individual contributor. Within my first week, I had already submitted a code change into the platform. At Ciena I am given the trust and autonomy to break things, make mistakes, learn, and grow. Along with having autonomy in my position, I also get to work closely with some incredibly intelligent and experienced individuals, some who have been in the telecom field for longer than I have been alive. When I started, I was a little intimidated working on a team with so many experienced developers, but they all welcomed me, my fresh ideas, and are happy to share knowledge and information with me. Ciena has done an excellent job of making me feel validated in my contributions and capabilities. In my just over a year of tenure at Ciena, I have already been the head of an internal build-infrastructure project. Me and one other developer were responsible for building a continuous integration platform for the product I work on. This product has been deployed to the product’s whole development team and dozens of individuals use the tool every day. As stated above, I started as a ‘Software Engineer – New Grad’ but my current position is now ‘Software Engineer 2’. Ciena is constantly providing me a learning opportunity to grow and become a better developer. They are also capable of quickly recognizing growth and experience in their employees and promoting them accordingly. * Recognition of performance * Great local culture * Connected global company culture

Cons

* Long hours sometimes * Big company and associated red tape / policies * Pesky IT

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Ciena Response
6y
We greatly appreciate you taking the time to let us know your positive experiences with Ciena. We truly value our employees and strive to make this a great place to work. Please keep in touch, Cienafeedback@ciena.com
3.0
May 1, 2019

Support Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, health care, wellness, bonuses

Cons

Limited career growth. Shrinking US force.

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Ciena Response
7y
Thanks very much for your review. We really enjoy the work we do at Ciena, and of course the people and culture. We hope you have continued success
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