Lots of Great Qualities But.... - Anonymous employee Ciena Employee Review

3.0
Feb 10, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people culture is amazing. I had a lot of coworkers as friends at Ciena and felt supported and valued by most of my leaders. Great benefits, especially the standards like healthcare but the ESPP was a great program. Overall, Ciena was a really fun place to work.

Cons

The compensation in my field was drastically below market. I left for a big increase and now two years later, I am making double my starting salary. Also, there was a bizarre bullying incident within a team and the action taken was not very swift and left a lot to be desired (no terminations and leadership somehow went unscathed, despite their early and ongoing awareness of the issue).

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Ciena Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience. We are happy that you experienced our culture of care. We are working towards maintaining a competitive rewards package, and your feedback would be very valuable. Would you like to share more at cienafeeedback@ciena.com? Also, we are very alarmed about the bullying incident you mentioned. We do not take this lightly and would like to see if you would still like to discuss this with us by sending an email.

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