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

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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5.0
Mar 12, 2013

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Recommend
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Pros

Good work, great people. Flexibility, good technology, good work and life balance, communication and compensation for NCR. Recommend this place to work for.

Cons

Career planning, Not sure what more to say but have to match the requirement of 20 words minimum so hence this spurious statement.

1.0
Mar 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Some people are very knowledgeable in their area - Good technology if you're actually let to work on it - Good place to go after school if you don't have a better offer, develop some marketable skills, then look for a better job where you can build a career

Cons

- Terrible compensation - Bonuses are a joke - No career development especially for new grads - Not enough room for new grads to prosper - Too many layoffs (2 or 3 times per year at times) - if you're a new grad they will try to make you think that you are safe from layoffs and that they're trying to make the company younger, but the truth is they have a deal with the government of Ontario to hire new grads (it's basically free for them) then if you're not a top performer or even if you're a top performer but your manager hasn't developed you and given you ownership then they will lay you off. As a new grad you may even get laid off in less than 6 months! Beware!! - Very team dependent. Your team may be really good or it may be terrible - In general, if they haven't been able to tell you what your role is clearly before they give you an offer, then chances are they don't even know what your role is. You don't want to be in that situation.

4.0
Feb 28, 2013

nothing exciting

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good pay free food free cab lots of insurance goodies work life balance

Cons

unexciting work ,mediocre people ,no onsite

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