Lightera reviews

3.6

91% would recommend to a friend

(135 total reviews)

Foad Shaikhzadeh

100% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Lightera has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 135 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightera employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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135 reviews
3.0
Jun 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits; huge IP portfolio inherited from Bell Labs/Western Electric/AT&T past; for the most part, and my colleagues are great people to work with.

Cons

Too many of the Project Managers can't tell the difference between serious customers and "tire-kickers." As a consequence, too much work is loaded onto the plates of our limited R&D and production staff, and key customers actually willing to spend big $$$ aren't given the proper attention they deserve. In the end, the potential $$$ ends up going elsewhere.

3.0
Apr 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The engineers that work here are very friendly and fun to work with. Once I got a job that involved some problem solving I began enjoying my work much more.

Cons

Lower level work is fairly simple and monotonous. It's not very mentally stimulating either. It's okay if you don't have any other alternatives.

1.0
Feb 10, 2015

will leave in a heartbeat

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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