Ciena Software Engineer reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(210 total reviews)
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Gary B. Smith

88% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Software Engineer || employees have rated Ciena with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 210 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer || professionals have a good working experience there. Ciena is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer || professionals compared to other employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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210 reviews
4.0
Oct 25, 2012

some hints...

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Pros

Great life work balance. Long term commitment. Friendly helpful colleagues. The sector is stably going up in general in the next few years, so the work stablility is good. Personal workload depends on the team you work for and the importance of your role.

Cons

project lifecycle is usually 1 year per major release. The working environemnt is not very aggressive, so if seeking good resume in short time, this is not the place.

3.0
Jul 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Facilities provided by the company to an individual employee are good Infrastructure is also good.

Cons

Lot of legacy code.. Challenging work is given to some specific people only.Others have just side work. Documentation is not encouraged for their products and code as well.

4.0
Jun 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good work culture. No overwrite. Good for girls as they are not allowed to stay beyond 7:30

Cons

limited domain work. Focus on Ethernet only .

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