Good company with questionable future - Member Of Technical Staff Lightera Employee Review

3.0
Jun 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and benefits; huge IP portfolio inherited from Bell Labs/Western Electric/AT&T past; for the most part, and my colleagues are great people to work with.

Cons

Too many of the Project Managers can't tell the difference between serious customers and "tire-kickers." As a consequence, too much work is loaded onto the plates of our limited R&D and production staff, and key customers actually willing to spend big $$$ aren't given the proper attention they deserve. In the end, the potential $$$ ends up going elsewhere.

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