What are perks and other benefits like at Ciena?

Good benefits, helpful colleagues, work from home and remote

Redundancies happening often, old style management

- The office is pretty (but there are no snacks, only a handful of fruits that are gone in 10-20 minutes) - Ability to work from home is nice - All the software is surprisingly up to date, I mean latest versions

- Being a sole contractor in my department is awful. I very feel isolated and left out all the time. - No access to more than half the internal site, no benefits, no PTO, etc, and all while everyone else enjoys it and asks you about it and you don’t have it. - Inconsistent pay (had a few weeks missed, although they were eventually paid, just later) - No pay over so called company holidays (when Ciena pays its employees but you being a contractor get nothing, which also reduces the pay for stat holidays because of those “missed” days) - No onboarding info, no training - No opportunities to be hired internally, while they seemingly hire - The laptop they gave me had to have everything installed. When I started working here, I ended up spending over a month to get all the software I needed for work, and management instead of getting involved just wished me luck - Can’t participate in anything, like internal activities - Their diversity initiatives are incredibly performative, during almost a year that I’m here there has been a lot of talk and presentations, but no actions. Higher and upper management is still 100% all white men. You can start seeing POC and women closer to mid and lower management - I find it ridiculous that they are proud of getting a bunch of donations from average employees (even if for good causes) that doesn’t even amount to a third of CEO’s pay. Maybe the CEO could chip in some of his incredible several million bucks bonus instead of asking for donations from people who earn waaaaay less than him. How much did he donate, eh?

Good company culture, benefits, interesting work. Direct management was very good.

A bit disorganized at times

Good benefits as compared to other companies in Gurgaon

The management culture here is concerning. Favoritism is common, and employees are often expected to gain favor with managers instead of being recognized for their work. New tools and processes are introduced without proper research, training, or clear communication, which creates confusion and inefficiency. Work-life balance is nonexistent, with average working hours exceeding 11 hours a day. There are also instances of unprofessional behavior in the workplace, which further reflects the lack of accountability within leadership. Overall, this environment discourages genuine performance and professionalism, making it very challenging for employees to grow or feel secure in their roles.

Good benefits plan for the employee.

Recognition of your work is hard.

-Full wfh -US management is okay

-Low ball offer -Mass resignation in PH cyber team because of poor management -The manager is hoarding the benefits and opportunities to everyone -Employee concerns are often met with gaslighting instead of support -Raising concerns directly to the manager gets you labeled as toxic -Manager insists there are no issues but things are clearly falling apart beneath the surface -The US team has their shift covered, yet the manager keeps pushing to add three more PH analysts unnecessarily.

Ciena is an innovator in the industry and makes for exciting work. They are very employee focused with great benefits, compensation , PTO, family leave, and additional perks.

Work can be long and in an effort to properly align the organization change and restructuring has been frequent.

Good technology, great benefits, interesting work.

Bad management, always behind deadlines with poor planning. Toxic environment with excessive stress and pressure. No work-life balance.

Work life balance and good benefits

No such cons to highlight

Good benefits and ability to learn

A lot of management over turn. Always changing.