Tellabs Employee Reviews for Failure Analysis Manager

"Tellabs is a good company that is forced to stretch resources to meet very difficult market conditions."

What do you like about working at Tellabs?

"Generally speaking, most of my colleagues were capable and professional. My supervisor was also a very fair person who recognized and rewarded individual contributions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Expect to work hard and dont expect large saary increases until the telecom market recovers from the 2001 dot-com crash."

What don't you like about working at Tellabs?

"There is an over-riding distrust of upper-level management. Most of my co-workers did not believe most of the reports (either doom and gloom or rose-colored) issued by management, especially up the line. There is still a feeling that information is heavily filtered going up and going down the corporate food chain."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open and forthcoming, especially with bad news."