Wheel of layoffs - Anonymous employee Juniper Networks Employee Review

2.0
14 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, some of the smartest people I've worked with. Good work-life balance. Opportunity to explore different roles in adjacent groups.

Cons

Unfortunately Juniper's products have become a complete commodity to the core customers. The company is trying to steer into a software business, but this will take time and lots of pressure from 'the street'. The company goes through a destructive cycle of layoffs every 6 months, somehow always impacting the working bees instead of the upper management groups. As in any company, politics are a dominant factor in who stays and who goes, so if you join, play the game or get ready to become irrelevant. The security BU has completely destroyed what was once a great set of solutions and technology. The exodus of thought leaders is very telling. Since Rami took the CEO seat, things got better, but maybe be is too late to correct direction. Increasing competition from SDN players, and development of in-house solutions from the core customer base paints a grim outlook. The attrition and continuous rotation of marketing strategy and confusing messaging to the customers don't seem to help either.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The onboarding process could feel slower than expected, with some initial delays in gaining access to tools and systems needed to start contributing.

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