Systemically bad management, no investment back into ERP or employees - Middle Level Management Ciena Employee Review

2.0
Dec 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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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

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