Is Calix a good company to work for?

Calix has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 1,198 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 119 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 78 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can work remotely" ((in 53 reviews)); "Work from home, collaborative environment, great leadership" ((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))

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

(1,132 total reviews)

Michael Weening

94% approve of CEO

92% 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 1,132 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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1K reviews

4.0

Sep 2, 2019

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Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working atmosphere is very easy

Cons

Not find any downsides till now

Calix Response

6y

Welcome to the Calix team! We value the feedback from our people...we are so glad that you enjoy our collaborative atmosphere that is easy to work in together. Please do let us know if you have any recommendations of areas to improve on ... we so value your perspective!

3.0

Aug 31, 2019

Good for the ones with family

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great colleagues and good work-life balance.

Cons

The future of the company is uncertain. New products don't ramp up well.

Calix Response

6y

Wow ...thank you thank you for your ~10 years of dedication and contribution to our successes! We just came off of another great quarter and invested time to review our successes and the work ahead during our all employee meeting yesterday. We went through the excitement ahead of our platform, software and services offerings. Please let us know what we can do to provide more details on our mission and vision! Thank you for your feedback.

4.0

Aug 21, 2019

Great people

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots to learn Tons of smart people

Cons

Bad work / life balance. Leadership

Calix Response

6y

We value your transparency and input that during your time at Calix your work/life balance was not positive. With a strong percentage of our workforce being virtual and our workplace site team members working in newly renovated worksites, we have received a great deal of positive input regarding our work environments. That said, our transition to an all platform, software and services company took a great deal of effort from our team. We could not have had our successful transformation without a ton of smart people, as you noted, that enabled Calix to be where we are today. Thank you for your contribution!

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