ADTRAN reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(396 total reviews)
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Thomas R. Stanton

69% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

ADTRAN has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 396 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ADTRAN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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396 reviews
1.0
Nov 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If this is your first job, go to "Cons" section If this is not your first job, 1. Working here will teach you, that all your others jobs were far better 2. It will teach you that even 0.5 % increment is OK 3. It will teach you that you have so much potential, you can work for more than 8 hours a day and more than 5 days a week and still can have smile (fake smile) 4. It will teach you all the elevation/performance review is show off, your increment is independent to your performance. 5. Engineering managers can be technical and self-praising 6. Your traffic can be monitored by the engineering manager (the one who runs the place), so don't use facebook or glassdoor

Cons

1. Your salary and position in previous job will not matter, they will pay you what they want (no standards follow) 2. No bonuses, reason - company isn't doing good (I stayed there more than two years no yearly bonus) 3. Engineering manager insults QA if they don't open bugs. He can go to the extend and write that in weekly update 4. If you are employer and write review here, you will be intimidated (I was intimidated and threaten by not my manager but the engineering manager who runs the place) 5. Engineering manager opens new accounts on glass door to write positive review about himself and company

2.0
Jun 10, 2015

Sales Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people Great culture - when you're at corporate

Cons

No room for growth Very little communication Top level management is only concerned about managing stock price Frugal to a fault Company doesnt backfill when people leave, they just distribute the workload and make every one work harder Very little attention for remote employees

2.0
Feb 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy due to slow pace, old tech, old processes.

Cons

The company and its leadership team seem to be living and operating about a decade in the past, constantly chasing their competitors rather than innovating. Processes, technologies, salaries, market adoption, etc., are all about a decade behind. The company shows a preference for employees local to Alabama and appears intolerant of their remote offices and employees. Company has been in a downward spiral for the last 3-5 years with repeated mass layoffs.

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