Ciena India - QA - Software Engineer QA Ciena Employee Review

4.0
Jul 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-> Good planning and good availability for test labs although remotely located in Ottawa -> Good work life balance -> Free home to office pick up and drop in Delhi NCR,Free lunch and Dinner -> 1-2 weeks holidays post 6 month busy test schedule -> Work from Home

Cons

-> No much carrer growth -> No skip level meetings -> No connect with HR once you complete probation -> Once you get an domain and we are working in that domain for years say OTN Switching -> They still give 1.5 times your experience, say you have 10 yrs QA you land with 15L salary in India -> They are surviving with aquisitions, First Nortel 6500 which is helping company today with most of it revenues -> SDN space they have aquired Cyan now, clearly states they are making survival with only aquisitions

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Ciena Response
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Thanks for the review. We encourage all employees to take ownership, however skip levels can be arranged in both directions and each employee should take responsibility for there own individual development plan - all tools and resources can be found on inside.ciena, alongside details on our mentors hip program.

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