I was empowered to start a process. - Anonymous employee Ciena Employee Review

2.0
Jul 19, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay scale was very good.

Cons

Short staff so lots of work, not always enough people to handle the work. Training and building employee skills could have been better, but tremendous amount of work so was not seen as a priority.

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