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      3.3

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (224 total reviews)
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      Rich Schroder

      75% approve of CEO

      11% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture and values

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      Tellabs has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tellabs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.9 stars).

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      224 reviews
      2.0
      19 Feb 2014

      Job always in limbo

      Order management representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      People are great, loved my team and everyone I met.

      Cons

      You don't know if you'll still have your job the next day... lost mine after almost 2 years No proper training and on-boarding. Had to train by myself... nice... performed well but still lost my job! Spent days waiting for something to happen and my manager didn't help. You're by yourself and you usually work crazy hours to close the quarter

      1.0
      7 Apr 2012

      Management has no clue & Bad place to work.

      Senior hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      All I can say is that it is a pay check. They did give an additional two percent discretionary contribution towards the 401k. Engineers I worked with were great, but they were all fired in January 2012.

      Cons

      All levels of management are completely incompetent. It is no surprise that Tellabs is using up their cash and going nowhere fast. If you work here, or if your company is acquired by Tellabs, start looking for a better job right away. The 401k choices are really limited and poor. Avoid Tellabs at all costs.

      3.0
      31 Oct 2013

      Struggling telecom manufacturer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Before Tellabs started the layoffs and the industry took a dive, the environment was great. Even after some downturn, upper management did what they could to keep things positive and to try to reinvent themselves.

      Cons

      Layoffs were a definite con and the more they occurred, the more some managers used it against you. Just do this or you could be on the next list. People became afraid to speak up when things weren't quite right. Outsourcing many positions and now the acquisition of Tellabs are not good signs.

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