will leave in a heartbeat - Anonymous employee Lightera Employee Review

1.0
Feb 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- reasonable benefits - assets and products - manufacturing - good knowledge if it can be passed on

Cons

- this company is old. I mean OLD - stuck in time - slow - defensive, super risk averse, secretive, stonewalling, politics, will not listen or change - most people focused on retiring - incompetence continues to survive

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