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Ciena

4.4
based on 400 Reviews

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Company Summary

Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company.

Overall Rating

4.4/5
based on 400 reviews
highly rated categories
49% above
industry average
highly rated categories
Highly rated for

Company Culture, Work-Life Balance, Salary & Benefits

Work Policy
Hybrid
Hybrid
53% employees reported
Monday to Friday
Monday to Friday
92% employees reported
Flexible timing
Flexible timing
91% employees reported
No travel
No travel
82% employees reported
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Top Employees Benefits
Office cab/shuttle
Office cab/shuttle
42 employees reported
Cafeteria
Cafeteria
41 employees reported
Free meal
Free meal
40 employees reported
Health insurance
Health insurance
38 employees reported
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About Ciena

Founded in1992 (32 yrs old)
India Employee Count1k-5k
Global Employee Count10k-50k
India HeadquartersGurgaon/Gurugram, Haryana, India
Office Locations
Websiteciena.com
Primary Industry
Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) is a networking systems, services, and software company. We provide solutions that help our customers create the Adaptive Network™ in response to the constantly changing demands of their end-users. By delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch consultative relationships, we build the world’s most agile networks with automation, openness, and scale. Ciena India started operations in 2005 in Gurgaon and has grown to 1750+ employees, 3lac+ sq. ft. R&D space, and 200+ patents – making us a formidable force for providing state-of-the-art solutions for current and future technologies. Now we are celebrating 15 years of Ciena in India and we are proud to have been the main catalyst for India's leading telecom operators – solving complex network problems, customized solutions to their needs, and always ahead of the prevailing technologies.
Mission: We're driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation for the purpose of enabling our customers to adapt, within ever-changing environments to deliver richer experiences for their businesses and end-users.
Vision: The Adaptive Network is Ciena's vision to empower network providers of all kinds to realize greater network agility, optimization, and real-time insight than ever thought possible. It is both the vision and the reality we offer our customers. As with any true vision, it references an ideal state which we'll forever be striving to maximize. But it also describes a reality we're able to help our customers start achieving today–regardless of where they stand in their journey toward network modernization.
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Ciena Subsidiaries

Centina Systems

3.4
 • 4 reviews

Packet Design

1.0
 • 1 review
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Ciena Ratings

based on 400 reviews

Overall Rating

4.4/5
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Category Ratings

4.4

Company Culture

4.4

Work-Life Balance

4.3

Salary & Benefits

4.1

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Skill Development

3.9

Job Security

3.8

Promotions/Appraisal

Ciena is rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 400 company reviews. This rating reflects a generally positive employee experience, indicating satisfaction with the company’s work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.
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Gender Based Ratings at Ciena
based on 380 reviews
4.7
Rated by 78 Women
Rated 4.6 for Work-Life Balance and 4.6 for Company Culture
4.4
Rated by 302 Men
Rated 4.4 for Company Culture and 4.4 for Work-Life Balance

Work Policy at Ciena

based on 37 reviews in last 6 months
Hybrid
53%
Permanent work from home
33%
Work from office
14%

Ciena Reviews

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Critically Rated for
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Primary Work Policy
Hybrid
53% employees reported
Hybrid
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Hybrid
92% employees reported
Hybrid
85% employees reported
Rating by Women Employees
4.7
Excellent
rated by 78 women
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4.2
Good
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4.1
Good
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Rating by Men Employees
4.4
Good
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Ciena Salaries

4.3
rated by 400 employees for salaries

Software Engineer

(177 salaries)
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₹10.8 L/yr - ₹41.3 L/yr

Software Engineer2

(164 salaries)
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₹12 L/yr - ₹38 L/yr

Senior Software Engineer

(130 salaries)
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₹10.6 L/yr - ₹32.5 L/yr

Module Lead

(81 salaries)
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₹13 L/yr - ₹35 L/yr

Senior Associate

(63 salaries)
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₹8.5 L/yr - ₹24.3 L/yr

Software Developer

(62 salaries)
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₹9 L/yr - ₹28 L/yr

Software Engineer III

(60 salaries)
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₹20.2 L/yr - ₹49 L/yr

Embedded Software Engineer

(60 salaries)
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₹10.4 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr

Lead Engineer

(49 salaries)
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₹18 L/yr - ₹41.5 L/yr

Senior Analyst

(48 salaries)
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₹15 L/yr - ₹32 L/yr

Ciena Interview Questions

Interview Process at Ciena

based on 13 interviews in last 1 year
Interview Experience
4.1
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
91%
Hard
9%

People are getting interviews through

based on 25 Ciena interviews
Job Portal
32%
Referral
24%
Company Website
16%
Campus Placement
12%
*16% candidates got the interview through other sources
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