Is Calix a good company to work for?

Calix has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 1,200 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 92% of employees would recommend working at Calix to a friend and 92% 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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Calix?

92% 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 126 reviews)); "Great people to work with and good products." ((in 88 reviews)); "I don't feel there's enough I can say about this company and the great leadership." ((in 70 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can work remotely" ((in 56 reviews)); "Work from home is the best in Calix." ((in 43 reviews))

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

"Ongoing, rolling layoffs create sustained uncertainty and erode trust, morale, and long" ((in 16 reviews)); "related initiatives without adequate training, clear guidelines, or proper consideration of security implications." ((in 8 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 are the top reviewed Calix locations?

San Jose , Petaluma , Dallas , Minneapolis , Denver , Richardson , San Francisco , Boston , Chicago , New York , Phoenix , Nashville , Atlanta , Salt Lake City , Los Angeles , Richmond , Washington , Cary , Raleigh , Norwich , San Diego , Santa Barbara , Seattle , Eugene , Plymouth , Kansas City , Saint Louis , Charlotte , Austin , Plano

Calix reviews

4.5

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,134 total reviews)

Michael Weening

94% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

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Calix has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,134 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Dec 22, 2021

New Employee on-boarding

Senior solutions engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As a newer employee, Calix have a really nice on-boarding program that greatly eases your introduction to the company, culture and portfolio. I have never had this before at my previous employers and this really helped on my transition. There is a great vision for the company and the ELT are happy to discuss and walk you through these. The culture at the company is extremely good, no internal politics that I can see, everyone is out to help each other. Overall a really nice place to work.

Cons

The benefits are still very US focused and providing some of these outside of the US would be the icing on the cake.

Calix Response

4y

Thank you for providing a review for our company. As Calix continues to grow, we have many plans for our other international sites. We are happy that you are enjoying the company culture.

1.0

Nov 30, 2021

Good company, but lousy boss screws it all up for the company

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, decent benefits, some pro-active people

Cons

Because there are quite a number of good leaders, no one notices when there is a terrible leader in their midst. They tend to all agree with one person’s view. Also, there are dead woods in the company and they also go unnoticed.

4.0

Nov 19, 2021

Calix

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom to act, Flat organization, Dynamic, Focus, Flexibility Work from anywhere

Cons

In spite of a generally great culture, lack in accountability

Calix Response

4y

Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We are proud of our Work from Anywhere environment and glad to learn that you are enjoying the flexibility it enables within our culture. Please feel free to reach out to me so that we may discuss where accountability is needed.

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