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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2K reviews
3.0
Aug 31, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

learning opportunities are available; good place to work closely with teams from different functions;global presence; focus on customers and relationships

Cons

poor systems; weak in integration; feels like you are always playing catch up to meet deadlines or quarterly revenue targets;no salary increases.

3.0
Aug 30, 2011

good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

people are great to work with. very professional

Cons

Little career development or advancement

4.0
Aug 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, good salary, ok benefits, nice offices in Linthicum MD,

Cons

Lack of processes/systems cause many manual and therefore time-consuming, error-prone activities. Lots of non-value add work due to lack of investment in infrastructure/processes. Lack of financial analysis. Accounting refuses to provide financial analysis to management.

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