Tellabs Employer Reviews

I worked nights on this job so it was a little bit different. You would come in and find out what was going on and relieve the next person. We utilized a lot of high tech machinery. The people were wonderful. The hardest part of the job was trying to learn all that high tech equipment but the enjoyable part was being able to utilize what you learned

A typical day at work was tracking deliverables for projects, and facilitating/attending meetings. I learned that commercial jobs pay more than government jobs. My co-workers were great and management listened to team members. The hardest part of the job was finding available conference room for a meeting. The most enjoyable part of the job was going – more... to work everyday and achieving milestones. – less

This was the best technician job I had taking 4 hours to test 1 unit and 2 hours on average to troubleshoot 1 unit. Too bad the company downsized from 13k employees to 5k employees wiping out all of the MA jobs.
The only job more fun was working in a Cabinet Shop in Millis, MA for $6/hr.

Focus markets - mobile backhaul, packet optical, broadband access

My co-workers are the best in the world.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the flex hours and telecommuting.

Tellabs was a good place to work! I learned a lot by working there, dealing with multiple vendors, Field Engineers and upper management, addressing everyday issues. I was able to expand my technical knowledge by interacting on a daily basis with Test development, hardware/software and R & D organizations.
Because I was dealing on a daily basis with – more... the Global Services Organization, I was not able to have eye contact with the customer I was dealing with, that was the hardest part of my job.
The best part of my job was when we go outside our offices and walked around the beautiful grounds, sharing our daily experiences, good, and bad. – less

I really enjoyed my time working at Tellabs. The environment is productive and conducive to sharing. Very diverse workplace. Tellabs provides employees with a lot of amenities including a very nice cafeteria, gym and covered garages (so you'll never have to shovel off your car after a long day at work). There have also been several layoffs while working – more... here as well which makes for a rather unstable work environment. – less

Good compensation, culture. Good work and life balance. Hands off management.

The biggest problem is continuous lay-offs. There are the typical office politics that may be a lot worse at Tellabs but you may not be there long enough to experience it. My pay was bad but I hear many who were happy with it.

Working at Tellab's was a great experience for me. Everyone was open to sharing ideas and there was always someone you could go to when you needed help.

Tellabs strives to step up against some big time competitors in the mobile broadband space. Tellabs provided a work friendly environment that felt very comforting. Doors were always open to express and share new ideas with all the people around you.

In term of learning, this company might be a good place to learn new technologies. It's a mid-size hi-tech company, so less politics compared to other enterprises, but still the management style does not fit with fast-pacing east-coast style.
Compensation is OK, but hard to compare with silicon valley companies in term of incentives and perks.

Tellabs had an extremely successful product call the 5500 Cross-connect that provided profits and excellent income for many people for many years. Tellabs has recently had good success with the 7100 ROADM DWDM product. Tellabs has also ventured into many new product areas including routers, Ethernet switches, mobile backhaul solutions, and WiMAX gateways – more... which made it an excellent place to learn about new technologies. Also, there are a lot of very nice people at Tellabs who made it nice to work there. – less

When I was hired on Tellabs was in it's heyday. The telecom industry was flying high. There was nothing they wouldn't or couldn't do for their employees. Granted things have changed the core values are still there. It's a good company to work for, albeit the belts have tightened.

I was able to hone my skills as an electronic technician inthe midst of an industry giant that was paving the way in telecommunication.

Management needs to get a focus on new ideas. Stock holders are basically telling management how much they need to make. Even though company is making money, its not enough for the stock holders! They are also exporting all there technologies to save costs, cutting US employeess to overseas!