Calix Employee Reviews
Out of 10822 Calix employee reviews, 97% were positive. The remaining 3% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Calix improve their work culture.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Moving to Calix was the best decision I could have made for my career
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Review from Operations Dept · Posted 18 days ago
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They respect work life balance and encourage mental health but also inspire me to work my hardest and be strategic
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
They actually care about us. They are respectful
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
clear vision and purpose driven.
Review from Operations Dept · Posted 18 days ago
Management is best in calix
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
Clear vision and guidance. Approachable and supportive
Review from IT Dept · Posted 19 days ago
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
The leadership team should communicate more clearly and consistently to keep pace with a fast-paced environment.
Review from HR Dept
Show little Empathy while talking, understand the practical problems and give time to talk with the respective teams and understand the ground reality
Review from Engineering Dept
Decisions often appear to favor certain individuals. There’s a need for more transparency in how opportunities and recognition are distributed. While management is techn
Review from IT Dept
More clarity on the vision, less micro-managing, less hostility that trickles down.
The leadership team is excellent. They really do care about employees and customers.
Review from Marketing Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
the base pay however the commission needs work
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Its nice to have them,
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Base salary and stock option.
Review from Operations Dept · Posted 18 days ago
it has given whatever i expected
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
Calix values it's employees. Love the worklife balance along with competitive pay. It shows they value talent! It feel like an elite job that not everyone can get.
Review from Sales Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I am concerned that we appear to be less of a sales centric company with the focus is too much on MBO's and less on upside potential.
I'm not unhappy or undervalued, I just think the benefits "could" be better. They are good, pay is good, but I would be lying if I didn't think they could be better. Better better never best is our internal company motto.
Review from Sales Dept
Larger increases in base and more bonuses.
Review from HR Dept
compared with other guys, especially in CIDC
Review from Engineering Dept
I feel undervalued when my compensation does not fully reflect my contributions, impact, and market standards; a more competitive and performance-aligned package would help address that.
Review from HR Dept
What are some of the best things about your team?
My team is collaborative and supportive of my success
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Compassionate, hard working , they truly care, they listen
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Good collaborative, enthused, helpful, responsive
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
Strong team collaboration. Approachable and supportive
Review from IT Dept · Posted 19 days ago
My team rocks! It's great to have structured work, but also add in some fun into the mix. The team collaboration is top notch along with appropriate communication.
Review from Sales Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
My coworkers could improve on communication, alignment, and responsiveness, and we could work better together by setting clearer expectations, sharing updates more proactively, and collaborating more openly.
Review from HR Dept
I think communication, my coworkers are great people but sometimes they are not good communicators. I can also always improve my own communication.
Review from Marketing Dept
they need to understand the company work culture, how to reach to people , communicate with each other
Review from Engineering Dept
Most mid to senior management at Calix are Mavericks or Venturers, indifferent to structure, details, or processes. Direct reports must quickly execute their leaders' spontaneous ideas. The organization lacks skills in analysis, problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and clear communication.
Communication. Overall, the message not always travel all the way. Sometimes directions are very unclear and confusing.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
The culture promotes individuality, recognition, and praise in many different categories, not just quota attainment
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
They treat people extremely well. They do support work life balance
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Respect and value for the hard work, healthy work-life balance.
Review from Operations Dept · Posted 18 days ago
supportive, culturally best, keep employees engaging and happy
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
Supportive and friendly atmosphere Collaborative team spirit
Review from IT Dept · Posted 19 days ago
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
A stronger culture would come from better communication, greater transparency, stronger recognition of employee contributions, and more consistent support for collaboration and growth.
Review from HR Dept
Project planning and roadmap should be more scientific, well-structured, and forward-looking, with end-to-end alignment across Market, PLL, Development, and Testing through coordinated planning. Clearer ownership and accountability. Reduce the number and frequency of emergency issues as much as poss
Review from Engineering Dept
Suitable project pace and enough time
Review from IT Dept
Lot of manual work and reporting, think next level and bring the automation and advanced processes like Agile
Review from Engineering Dept
Less micro management that holds up up rather than helps
Review from Sales Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
You could tell all the people on the panel cared about the work they were doing and proud to work for the company.
Review from HR Dept
I liked the fact that I got to meet a variety of people. The recruiting process moved along at a good pace and I was kept updated.
Review from HR Dept
I was interviewed by multiple disciplines to gain a better perspective of me & I of Calix.
Review from Operations Dept
Able to interview with various functional owners in the org to get a very good idea about the position.
Review from Product Dept
I was able to speak with four different team leaders who I would be working with directly. This was great because it allowed me to really get a sense of the team I would be on.
Review from Marketing Dept
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
decrease the number of interviews and increase the length of interviews with those most impacted by the hiring
Review from Sales Dept
Speed, provide proper and timely feedback to candidates
Review from Sales Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
The people both customers and coworkers, and the level of respect others have for me in the workplace
Review from Sales Dept · Posted 5 days ago
Collaborative and supportive team environment
Review from Operations Dept · Posted 18 days ago
hybrid culture, facilities, arrangements and
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 19 days ago
Strategizing deals is the most fun! Calix allows for us to get creative with how we structure deals. It's exciting to work with our customers to align their vision with ours, and then structure the deal that makes sense for all parties involved.
Review from Sales Dept
Mutual respect, support, trust and communication
Review from Engineering Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
1. Meaningful efforts from leadership to understand challenges or gather time-to-time feedback. 2. Very less/minimal promotions in India team, employees do not get opportunity for growth. Focus on growth opportunities for existing employees - promotions, internal mobility, career progression.
Review from HR Dept
What’s going wrong is a lack of clear communication and alignment in a fast-paced environment, and it can be improved through greater transparency, clearer expectations, and more
Review from HR Dept
There is no clear and long-term R&D roadmap. There is an expectation that the company’s R&D planning should be forward-looking, well-reasoned, and maintain str
Review from Engineering Dept
Clear guide from leadership and comfortable pace to finish step by step
Review from IT Dept
Again, a little Empathy can change a lot of things. Understand the people, respect the work life balance
Review from Engineering Dept
What do you like best about your company?
Very Open and Collaborative environment.
Review from Sales Dept
That people are recognized for what they do and that the company has had great success
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Everyone needs to listen. Too many people want to talk too often.
Review from Sales Dept
The competitiveness of and between managers can be quite challenging to deal with at times and creates lots of last minute fire drills