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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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      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 2,290 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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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 31, 2012

      Its a ok place to work

      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible working schedule and good working environment Good work and life balance, ok compensation and benefits There are some intelligent people

      Cons

      Management is the problem, too many layers of middle management not much career opportunities, sometimes unreasonable project schedules

      3.0
      Aug 24, 2012

      An honest opinion

      Lead engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Saturday morning you can be @ your native place if you are in 0-700 km radius from Delhi 2. Enjoy weekend with wife/family/girlfriend or liquor ..no office-office in weekend 3. Work - No Rocket Science, if you are an average performer this is the right place for you 4. If you know how to talk well, kudos..!! believe me you are among 1% of the total employees of Ciena india ! 5. There is a big lucrative after you successfully complete the project/release. A mail of appreciation from Mgr with few spelling mistakes, couple of forwarded mail and e-APPLAUSE - worth 0 INR

      Cons

      1. If you know technology, you might never get a chance to use it. 2. A lot of closed door zero transparency meetings ! Mind it.. doors are with zero transparency too :) 3. You saw managers smiling ? will happen only when they are with their peers ! 4. Ciena India got a mention globally ??..come on...it must be community outreach/best workplace/diwali-dhamaka or cricket

      3.0
      Aug 18, 2012

      It is full of ups and down

      Lead engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      facilities - A very good office, though as number of employee are growing avg space of an employee is reducing. But I will rate is very high, given the fact that I have worked in 4 more companies. Lunch at office - It is one of the hidden reasons why people are not leaving the company :) Salary - Best at least among the peers in NCR Work - Work is average. Although on cutting edge technology but low in value chain.

      Cons

      first line managers, communication with employees. Too many senior people and no relevant work for them. This has created huge problem in organizational growth. Even for junior engineers growth has stopped. A great rift between managers and engineer. A technology company should respect its engineer more than its manager but in Ciena it is just opposite more like a manufacturing company. Promotions here are less celebrated because there are more controversy than general acceptance

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