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      Ciena

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      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

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      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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      2.0
      Dec 13, 2012

      Systemically bad management, no investment back into ERP or employees

      Middle level management
      Recommend
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      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

      4.0
      Dec 1, 2012

      Pleasant, Exciting and Challenging. Several ups and downs in the company health but came out of it every time.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Will only say about IT department based on my experience. Healthy and professional environment. Satisfactory compensation packages for most employees. Organization pays attention to professional development and education. Company tries to take care of its staff, makes an effort to keep people reasonably happy.

      Cons

      Professional growth is limited after a certain level due to the company size and due to fact that turn over is low, a good thing generally, but not good for employee growth. Many management positions remain occupied by staff who is there for years and since company size does not grow too much, new management position don't become open easily. Also hiring processes are very slow and the organization spends too much time on hiring on open position. Result is that good management position don't become available and other technical positions are not filled fast enough. Chronic shortage of staff because of slow hiring that forces to work harder.

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