Ciena Software Engineer Reviews

Likes

Everything from culture to work-life balance, salary, appraisals, learning and growth. Everything an engineer can ask for.

Dislikes

There is Nothing to dislike.

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

For me company culture, work-life balance along with salary and benefits are the most liked aspect of working at ciena.

Dislikes

N/A

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Ciena is a great place to work, explore and make connections and overall grow in the IT industry. For the past year or so I've been part of Ciena, the best part I've felt is that its a company a person can settle and give years especially later in their career. The culture is very employee centric and there are many verticals to work and contribute. They are very flexible wit the timings and the managers and colleagues are very supportive. I am working as a remote employee and their remote program is one of the very best in the industry. Also there is very less micro-management in the company which is refreshing as people contribute and work on their hours they are comfortable with....Read More

Dislikes

I got laid off in April 2023 due to organisational changes in my division which i've been seeing and hearing are taking place almost every year. And what I've heard the layoff are not in great quantity but there are layoffs for multiple people at multiple locations. I don't hold a grudge, its not in my nature, I still rated the company 4 starts. But one thing I've notices as part of my team that their are manu projects with very less development and the work at some times not much exciting<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. Also their is a lot of salary variation among people with same experience or job title</mark>....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Jon security, Work Culture, management, Company policies, Sports activities all things are good here.

Dislikes

Salary Structure needs to be improved.

Work Details

I am working as a module lead in front-end technologies. My role involves solutioning, individual contribution toward product development.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.