No Longer Competitive. Poor Direction. - Senior Optical Engineer Ciena Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers, OME6500, responsibilities, customers, US-based

Cons

training, salary, direction, tools, management, offshoring jobs

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Ciena Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback and thoughts. We appreciate the input and take the feedback on board. We have recently increased our investment in training and offer everyone individually tailored development opportunities, in addition we review and benchmark salaries continuously. If you would like to continue this conversation please get in touch at Cienafeedback@ciena.com

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