Does Tellabs pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tellabs employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tellabs. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tellabs?

46% of Tellabs employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tellabs 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tellabs?

Staff Engineer (14) , Senior Software Engineer (13) , Senior Engineer (11) , Software Engineer (9) , Engineer (7) , Manager (5) , Staff Software Engineer (5) , Account Manager (4) , Senior Product Manager (4) , Operations (3) , QA Engineer (3) , Senior Network Engineer (3) , Director (2) , IT Employee (2) , Principal Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Tellabs according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and pay packages." ((in 14 reviews)); "Compensation is good.." ((in 8 reviews)); "Pay check and some good coworkers" ((in 6 reviews)); "Pay is good and work/life balance is good." ((in 6 reviews)); "Good Benefits, good culture." ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tellabs according to real employee reviews?

"frequent layoffs" ((in 13 reviews)); "added too much bureaucracy after merger with Tellabs, unfortunately Marconi team after merger took leadership and destroyed the excellent company culture and products." ((in 5 reviews)); "Bad managers who have no clue on how to handle people" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tellabs redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tellabs redundancy and their outlook for job security at Tellabs in 2026.

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3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)

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

3.0

Oct 5, 2022

Good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Competitive work culture - Great team , good pay and other benefits

Cons

- Product management team ( higher management) needs to plan better for projects.

3.0

Dec 2, 2019

good place to grow

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

work life balance and a lot of chances to grow

Cons

compensation is lower than companies in the market

4.0

Nov 29, 2018

software engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

good company and good collegue

Cons

Not progress well these two years

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