CIENA is by far the most fake my 27 years of working in large corporations. There is no interest of being loyal. If you are in favor with the right people, chances are you will survive, especially considering the executive team is decades old and... — read more 

3% cut overall and informed 1-1 meeting.

Heard 5% cut overall and list is being prepared

Would you take a new job at this company?

Strong sell from many analysts

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 

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 

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

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

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

Anyone moved from india to Canada Pls post here Thanks

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

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

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 

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 

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

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

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

Heard from bigshot Ciena may fire most of the not needed people Stay tuned

I Heard from big shot in Ciena circle and my Canadian contacts. Reason for closure is cost and Ciena not able to find significant business in IPbecause of stiff competition FROM COMPETITORS. Also most of San Jose work will be moved to India office. — read more 

Ciena was focused on innovation until 7 yrs ago. Now it is bleeding politics in hunger games like environment. One tip to people at the top : Dont bring in ex–cisco leaders , unless you want the same decay . Look at the amount of HR cases in past 5... — 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 

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... — read more 

The bay area team is like "two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner" The virtualization engineering team is maintained as a hostile environment, by Vp and henchmen so that they can pretend they are working, ie to mediate a fight that... — read more 

So many people leaving San Jose office, and Ciena is actively cleaning up any comment that employees raise to prove harassment. In contrast, other companies fire harassers.. be it manager or executive. Ciena only removes revidence and provides... — read more 

Are other locations affected, and if yes, to what extent? Reading about these layoffs on this site, but at my location, it has been pretty quiet. Any, more detailed info on this?

We had new layoffs in North America of long time employees who have made Ciena what is today, a global leader in Telecom. It is mostly concentrated in Finance, IT , HR and Engineering teams. Our management is laying off the best of our colleagues and... — read more 

Good source tells me, lots of layoffs in the Ottawa area today.. 15 to 20 % .. gone ..

Why get rid of some of the best employees with most experience? How is that going to help Ciena in the long run? I understand that older people with more years with the company earn more on average, but there is a good reason for that. I really don't... — read more 

Was everybody who was on the list for layoffs notified yesterday?

It doesn't worth working for this company. I worked there for 3 years and won 3 awards and laid off :| The company lacks a clear direction and all the money is wasted on the stupid decisions of the managers. Every year they layoff about 100 people... — read more 

They are closing the Spokane site and laying everyone off except a handful of managers.

Heard of a few that happened today, wonder how many as a whole were let go.

Let's see what 2016 brings, I have some friends who work for competitors and they are complaining a lot. I joined Ciena a few years ago, it's not bad. Many more companies have a lot of layoffs so overall, things can be worse but you never know. Sit... — read more 

Nobody is posting but that's a fact, Ciena's having layoffs (Nov 2014)