No growth - Software Engineer Ciena Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours. good and mature team members. Releases are planned appropriately. work-life balance is very good.

Cons

divide and rule culture, information hiding culture so that non-technical management can show they power. low or average pay perks and benefits, Not much exciting work, Low motivation levels All 401k management candidates.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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