Infinera Reviews

I worked at Infinera full-time for less than a year

Pros – Free bagels on Thursday and employee gatherings

Cons – Doesn't seem like there is a lot of room for upward mobility

Advice to Senior Management – You guys rock

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Innovative products built by very smart and hard-working engineers. Still one of the most exciting place to work in the optical telecom equipment industry.

Cons – Is growing to be a medium-sized company, which means growing layers of managements, growing rules and procedures...

Advice to Senior Management – Spend more money on hiring, training (technical, not only compliance), and retaining engineers and working managers, less on non-essential activities or adding more layers of management. Don't grow after Cisco or worse, Nortel.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Cool technology, lots of smart people.

Cons – Stock is flat... Still losing money. Tough industry. Kind of like a good house in a bad neighborhood? Hope this will change around with time.

Since stock dropped and nobody's got rich, people started to build their empires. Grew too big. Too complex

Advice to Senior Management – Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Infinera

Pros – Great technology. Great teams. Good location.

Cons – No cafeteria. Top down management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Infinera full-time

Pros – Good people- smart, dedicated, skilled.
Free fruit daily! Great gym.
HR department leadership has changed- great opportunity to promote, build a team, and bring back teamwork and respect. New leader (who has been thru the hard years of HR leadership) will bring good change.

Cons – A lot of swear words if you work on executive row!
Too many roadmap changes that burn people out
Not enough resources or money spent on people and development.
Unrealistic expectations of people- long hours for weeks on end, weekend work, night calls- eventually people have to chose- family or Infinera.

Advice to Senior Management – CEO is dedicated to doing the right thing for his people, some of direct reports are dedicated to doing the right thing for their pockets. More ownership of bad decisions, more celebrations, more recognition of jobs well done- people who have worked hard.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great customer focus that aligns to all job functions. Small "get-it-done" company culture with good management direction that doesn't get in the way of day to day tasks. Autonomy to excel and expand role beyond job description.

Cons – Fast paced. You must keep up.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the transparent communication to all job levels. We can align better when we know what's important.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great company to work for, very good work environment. Salary is also decent.

Cons – Not much carrer growth here in US.

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – work with a lot of talent people

Cons – compensation is average, no contribution to 401K from company

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Infinera full-time for more than a year

Pros – The high energy feel of the company is awesome and enjoy working with the extremely intelligent colleagues. Everyone is really nice and I look forward to coming to work every day. You never know what challenges you'll be dealing with. Have a great boss and upper management is very approachable.

Cons – Long hours! Rarely work a 40 hour week. 9 to 10 hours a day plus some Saturdays.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Infinera part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lots of nice people working there, very supportive, nice security team, lots of workers in different departments, site service department are quick and friendly

Cons – Kitchen needs to be completed

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company