Is Calix a good company to work for?

Calix has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 1,196 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 91% of employees would recommend working at Calix to a friend and 91% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Calix have been left by employees working as Senior Solutions Engineer , Customer Success Manager and Customer Operations Representative .

Does Calix pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Calix employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Calix. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Calix?

91% of Calix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Calix 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Calix?

Staff Software Engineer (33) , Principal Software Engineer (26) , Software Engineer (26) , Sales (23) , Senior Software Engineer (21) , Director (20) , Senior Manager (19) , Senior Solutions Engineer (18) , Regional Sales Manager (17) , Customer Success Manager (15) , Systems Engineer (13) , Manager (12) , Sales Manager (12) , Customer Operations Representative (11) , Sales Engineer (11)

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

"great benefits and share options" ((in 114 reviews)); "Great people to work with and good products." ((in 92 reviews)); "I don't feel there's enough I can say about this company and the great leadership." ((in 78 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can work remotely" ((in 53 reviews)); "Work from home is the best in Calix." ((in 39 reviews))

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

"Sudden layoffs with little warnings, even for high performers" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hiring process." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Calix layoffs in 2026?

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

What Calix locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Atlanta , Minneapolis , Dallas , Nashville , San Francisco , Boston , Denver , San Jose , New York , Chicago

Calix reviews

4.5

91% would recommend to a friend

(1,130 total reviews)

Michael Weening

93% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Senior management

4.3

Career opportunities

Calix has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,130 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Calix employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Nov 23, 2021

Very bad environment to work

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible vacation. No micro management

Cons

Not friendly environment to work for

2.0

Oct 14, 2021

Don't be fooled by the reviews on-line

Regional account director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Their Work from home policy is great.

Cons

Lack of understanding of where the market is headed. We have older employees in leadership that have been working at Calix for 10+, many who don't have a clue of how the working environments have changed. They do not encourage new ideas they are reactive. The only reason my position was brought on is because they wanted to tackle the increasing market gain of their competitor.

Calix Response

4y

Thank you for your honest and straightforward feedback. At Calix one of our cultural pillars is "Communicate". I'd appreciate the opportunity to learn more about your concerns. Please feel free to reach out so that we may connect.

5.0

Apr 30, 2020

Great company to be part of

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I think one of the reasons we are a great company is because we have great customers. They are our advocates and promoters. Also, some of the best sales leaders I have ever dealt with who also consider many of their customers as their friends. Team members are provided very good benefits and compensated fairly. The people are impressive as are the professionalism and expertise exhibited across the different organizations. There is a lot expected of the employees, and you're given the latitude to execute.

Cons

Not a con, but an observation. With a distributed, well connected work force you could potentially fall into the trap of becoming an always-on employee. Is the work pace fast? Yes, but it's up to each employee to take ownership of their work-life balance.

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