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Ciena Software Engineer III Reviews

Updated 27 Feb, 2025

Overall Rating

4.7/5

based on 7 reviews

Rating distribution

5 (71.4%)

2 (28.6%)

0 (0%)

Category Ratings

4.7

Work-life balance

4.6

Salary

4.5

Company culture

4.3

Work satisfaction

4.2

Job security

4.2

Skill development

3.6

Promotions

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75% employees reported

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Software Engineer III in New Delhi (working remotely)

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Nov 2024

Likes

Very good oppurtunities given for learning and growing our career.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Software Engineer III in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 21 Sep 2022

Likes

Great one to settle down if not craving for cutting edge technologies. - excellent work life balance - one of the best policies and benefits

Salary - Good
Job security - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

- Compensation not upto the market standards. - no growth prospects

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Software Engineer III (working remotely)

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 Feb 2025

Likes

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Software Engineer III (working remotely)

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 Jan 2024

Likes

Perfect work-life balance. Best part is flexible leave policy. On long run there is huge growth scope.

Salary - Good
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing specific.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Employer’s Response

Thanks for taking the time to write a review - it's great to read your comments. If you want to continue this conversation and help us find even more ways to do better, please send an email to cienafeedback@ciena.com.

Software Engineer III in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 10 May 2022

Likes

Good work culture.

Job security - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Not all teams but some teams there are lot of politics.

Promotions - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Engineer III in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 24 Jul 2019

Likes

Work life balance

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

None

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

Software Engineer III in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Jan 2024

Likes

a b c

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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So, I got invited for this interview, and they told me to be there at 9 AM. Of course, I get there early, like 8:30, because I don't want to be late. But then I end up waiting for 1.5 hours. Seriously, they didn't even acknowledge me until 10. Then this HR lady calls me in, and she's totally unprofessional. She's like, on her phone, making personal calls while I'm sitting right there. And then she starts asking me these really weird questions, like what my nickname is, and what my dad does for a living. It got really uncomfortable when she started pressing for details about where my dad works. I mean, what does that have to do with anything? So I politely told her I didn't want to answer, and she actually said, "Then we can't continue this interview." I was honestly shocked. But instead of arguing, I just stood up and said, “Alright then.” And walked out. I left feeling pissed. Not only did they waste an hour of my time, but the HR rep was also rude and unprofessional..

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