Don't fall for freebies - Module Lead Ciena Employee Review

1.0
May 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Employee will be lured with joining bonus and good salary. Free meals and cab. Most of the people tend to leave the company in a year or two.

Cons

Legacy product with legacy technology. Ciena India centre's work culture is very poor. Senior employees tend to play politics and favour biasing. Architects are incompetent, Nepotism is prevalent here across all the teams. Even Director are indulged in such malpractices. Hire and Fire is the routine here. Variable part of the salary is distributed with the manager's consent. You need to lick manager's feet to get it.t HR team don't listen to employee's issues and only interested in hiring people for the commission.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people who work well together across company silos. Good pay, especially with stock performing well.

Cons

Extremely low attrition (~2% annually) leaves a workforce that is very experienced at Ciena. Unfortunately, this means high resistance to change and low awareness of industry best practices. Low attrition also leads to minimal opportunities for job growth.

3.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, good environment

Cons

Pay is not competitive, very less stock options.

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