Tellabs Employee Reviews for Staff Engineer
Browse Tellabs Reviews by Job Title →Staff Engineers at Tellabs give their company a 4.5 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Tellabs is 4.3, making them 5% happier than every other employee at Tellabs and 12% happier than every other Staff Engineer on CareerBliss - the happiest Staff Engineers work for Booz Allen Hamilton.
"Great place to work and have family."
"Lack of Accountability"
What do you like about working at Tellabs?
"Average compensation compared to market, although some might have top $ base salary (see next question please.)Average/mediocre coworkers who actually crank out average quality codes (better than Nortel where people are semi-retired.)Average product that actually runs, although won't sell (better than Motorola where product won't even run, thus can't sell.)"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Ask them does years and years of strong performance review actually mean anything How was review conducted And what's the impact to bonuses, pay raise, or simply job security"
What don't you like about working at Tellabs?
"No transparency even though they claim to be. There are obviously two worlds inside/outside of a tight circle. Once you are in, you get everything without accountability. So stay as close to senior mgmt as you can. If years and years of hard-work and strong review won't get you in, without shoe-shining or boot-licking, it's time for the next move."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Three keywords: fairness, transparency, and accountability."
"Since Tellabs Dallas campus has shrunk so much, I put very low for job security and recommendation."
What do you like about working at Tellabs?
"Tellabs used to be called Reltec. Back in Reltec days, the company was like a big family. I liked the family like feeling very much."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Find out the stability of the company."
What don't you like about working at Tellabs?
"A lot of times, you have to put a lot of extra hours (60 plus hours weekly)."
Average Tellabs Attributes by Staff Engineer
"Good place to work."
What do you like about working at Tellabs?
"Good people, culture and technology."
What don't you like about working at Tellabs?
"The fact business went down and many of their employees including me got laid off."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Improve the business plan to gather more market share."
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