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 131 reviews)); "Great people to work with and good products." ((in 93 reviews)); "I don't feel there's enough I can say about this company and the great leadership." ((in 68 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can work remotely" ((in 49 reviews)); "It is flexible to work here, as I work from home." ((in 40 reviews))

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

"Always in fear of layoff, could be next my number" ((in 16 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

5.0

Apr 16, 2020

Strong Leadership and Collaborative Culture

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong leaders who are effective in building the culture and communicating the strategy. - Empowered employees who can effect change - Collaborative culture - High bar for performance

Cons

You will need to be disciplined to take time to invest in yourself. The company provides great resources and support, but the pace is fast so taking advantage of them takes focus.

5.0

Sep 11, 2019

Company is great with some hard working people

Commodity specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice perks, good salary and compensation, diverse and hardworking people, good company culture and morals

Cons

processes are less defined here, a lot of strong personalities due to experience, can be unreponsive

Calix Response

6y

We love that you enjoy our perks and benefits! We are purposeful in these offerings for our people and love to receive feedback that our culture, values and morals are great! Processes need an eye on refinement and alignment adjustments as companies, like Calix, move quickly to achieve our mission. We will make a point to keep up the great work while taking care of our own and raising the bar on continued process improvement. Thanks for your great feedback!

3.0

Jun 1, 2018

Good place but future prospects uncertain

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good engineering team and interesting projects. Company culture is very good.

Cons

Unfortunately it seems Calix has run out of steam and is transitions to a software company. However a lot of deep cuts have been made in projects they claimed were the future of the company only a few weeks ago. It makes no sense other.

Calix Response

7y

Thank you for your 5+ years of effort, work and dedication to Calix. You are right. We have made the change from a product focused company to a platform company that enables our customers to build new business models...and rapidly. We definitely are a different company. Restructuring actions are often needed to transform a company. We value and appreciate all our people that have made Calix the company it is and those who continue to enable us to achieve our mission - Connect everyone and everything.

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