Calix Employee Reviews
Out of 10801 Calix employee reviews, 97% were positive. The remaining 3% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Calix improve their work culture.
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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 16 days ago
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
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.
Posted 8 days ago
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 · Posted 8 days ago
Larger increases in base and more bonuses.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 8 days ago
compared with other guys, especially in CIDC
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 9 days ago
Suitable project pace and enough time
Review from IT Dept · Posted 11 days ago
Lot of manual work and reporting, think next level and bring the automation and advanced processes like Agile
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 16 days ago
Less micro management that holds up up rather than helps
Review from Sales 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'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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 9 days ago
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 · Posted 9 days ago
Clear guide from leadership and comfortable pace to finish step by step
Review from IT Dept · Posted 11 days ago
Again, a little Empathy can change a lot of things. Understand the people, respect the work life balance
Review from Engineering Dept · Posted 16 days ago
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