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
4.0
Jul 27, 2015

Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is always something new to learn

Cons

There are not many growth opportunities

3.0
Apr 16, 2015
Recommend
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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
Apr 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This used to be a part of the Bell Laboratories, and as such there is a lot of knowledge within the company.

Cons

- They want your work to be your life, and vastly underpay for what they expect. - The various departments cannot get along or work together. There is a lot of finger pointing and stonewalling. - As a younger employee, I was routinely talked down to, and any suggestions I made were dismissed as "you don't know what you're talking about" - Any issues I had were dismissed as how the Gen Y'ers want everything on a silver platter - For being in a technical industry, the technology at OFS was antiquated and obsolete - The management discourages extroverts and wants the engineers to be 'Yes men' and bow to every whim of production personnel, throwing away the entire scientific process - There is no career advancement for technical professionals (like engineers). The only advancement is done on the production floor level. - Half the day would be spent in meetings. Sometimes there were meetings to discuss what was going to be said in the next meetings. Nothing would get done and they were a huge waste of time. -Safety was NOT the first priority. Unsafe practices were common and many safety concerns were not heeded.

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