Ciena Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,286 total reviews)
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Gary B. Smith

85% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ciena has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Ciena employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
16 Nov 2025

Avoid if you can

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work culture is the best Nice challenging projects

Cons

Loss of autonomy Frequent and increasing layoffs year over year The entire company is siloed Middle to director level management confused DEI nonexistent

4.0
9 Jan 2021

Good working culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible working pattern & hours

Cons

One is not paid enough

4.0
30 Oct 2015

Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good product with reasonable and innovative roadmap Nice working environment, sometimes can work from home Good colleagues, helping each others and provide advice when necessary

Cons

Salary not that attractive compares to others similar vendors

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