Would you take a new job at this company?

Strong sell from many analysts

Heard 5% cut overall and list is being prepared

I came across an interesting article with a table showing an overview of headcount at major technology companies and telecom vendors over the... —  read more 

When an employee's negative attitude is not addressed properly, other team members become resentful, they lose respect for you as a leader, and they may develop their own negative attitude. No leader wants a difficult or toxic employee on their... —  read more 

Are they worth for their titles, looks stupid to me. I know some medicre people from Juniper and Citrix joined there. Are they worth for their titles, looks stupid to me. I know some medicre people from Juniper and Citrix joined there.

I've just read that in case the VMware acquisition falls through, Broadcom is planning to go after us instead. What are the chances this is true? I usually take things I read on the internet with a grain of salt, but this has me worried for some... —  read more 

I would urge everyone to consider opportunities outside Ciena. If you are seeking far better pay (+ 50%), more scope for career growth and a better culture that would treat employees like they should, that would be a no brainer. PM and the cool-aid... —  read more 

Do you know a company that's more mismanaged than this? I can't think of one. Yet those on top are able to keep their positions, to keep their bonuses, to keep all the benefits the rest of us can only dream about. Why are they not held accountable... —  read more 

When a public company is eligible to deregister a class of its equity securities, either because those securities are no longer widely held or because they are delisted from an exchange, this is known as “going private.”Oct 19, 2022 Any news ??... —  read more 

So I interviewed with two companies recently, both pre-IPO. Before company B moved to make an offer I accepted company A in writing who made a really good offer. But now company B has made a better offer. I have 10 yrs of experience as a Senior... —  read more 

I had no idea they were into AI and chatbots. Recruiter keeps pinging me (not that I'm planning to), just curious what is the perception of the chatbot group? I suspect I'm not the only person who has never heard of their chatbots. #oracle... —  read more 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html Welcome to the new era. And for the select execs at Twitter, unemployment insurance. Not that they need it anyways.

Any news/guess on companies plans to layoff next months or 2023?

It’s been a techpocalyse for everyone except Apple

We all know the PM who’s making TikToks at work and the company is full of people like that. Low stock price won’t let us burn billions into Reality Labs. If the leadership wants to continue investing into AR/VR then they need to trim the fat right... —  read more 

Any received??

Colleague got fired from Ciena on attitude and misbehavior issues. The guy who got fired was behaving too much reserved, ignoring team members and not ready to share the knowledge. He was warned but he didn’t change his behavior.. ciena Canada fired... —  read more 

I got PR and I am trying move from UK to Canada. Pls send message how to get job in Ciena or any other companies

I'm still here only because I haven't received a better offer yet. Fortunately, I don't believe it will be difficult to get an offer that includes better benefits and less burnout than here. I think my burnout has a burnout now. In fact, it... —  read more 

I did big mistake by this company from big MNC. Cheap and psycho mentality Managers promote people who lick their as--s Moving out

No hike happening and inflation salary adjustments . People are grouped and planned to leave one by one… wake management

My boss keeps guessing and keeps telling that it maybe only to applicable employees. New hires are getting paid much better than old employees. I hate this discrimination

Any suggestions share here

They don’t want to share information They feel insecure What kind of people working in this company

Any news, pls share here

Only some of people given salary adjustments for inflation. Only psychos who r licking boss axx are given better inflation adjustments. Those psychos only doing work for home

I am sensing something is going to after 1-1 meeting with my boss. Kinda of bad feeling

Pls post here if u received any inflation salary adjustments

No promotions and No salary hike for remote workers. Very pathetic to undergo this politics or my fate being with Ciena… I guess better to look outside

What is the purpose of conducting 3rd party survey, when the c-suite executives and their cronies in management, start individually asking who wrote a particular a particular feedback in the team. The anonymous survey will only show them which team... —  read more 

People.. I’ve been with ciena for almost 5 years all I can say is that it’s really depressing to be in ciena and people

Indian Politics for giving hike promotions They don’t behave like normal people. All psychopaths, don’t share information and so much reserved to talk also, they ignore people. If I get fired from San Jose office, will file lawsuit for their... —  read more 

Why do we need separate test manager and test directors. They simply are roadblocks and create confusion in the scrum process. Merge the test engineers into the development teams under the development manager.

sanjose is highly political environment with multiple hit jobs done every year by one community against anyone who is seen as obstacle in their career path. This nexus of no-good-doers are not contributing to the work. They pretend to work and if... —  read more 

I hate that I joined here. Too much and visible discrimination on kind of work and orders from management. Not scope for growth and wasted my time here.

Too much politics in Ciena - in terms of salary, remote work and stock options too discrimination- dominated by one set of people not allowing others growth incapable HRs

The promotions this time was done to people who have HR case for retaliation. Ciena Sanjose is devoid of morals and ethics. it should close down

No perks and no compensation benefits

rat race here no scope for growth discrimination in salary and work Pls post here if you encountered any discrimination in India office