Not soo great benefits + zero work life balance - Software Engineer Ciena Employee Review

3.0
Jul 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with some highly skilled, competent colleagues and learning Curve is great.

Cons

Toxic culture in teams related to 6500 product. No empathy shown by some managers/architect , which resulted in severe attrition.

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Ciena Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that your experience is not ideal and would like to do better. If you'd like to continue this conversation, please get in touch at cienafeedback@ciena.com.

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