Thread regarding Juniper Networks Inc. layoffs

@VIaJhGG-6xjz you missed the point.

Juniper is behind the times. There is no real innovation at juniper anymore.

@VIaJhGG-6xjz YES! Google is doing it and so are a plethora of start-ups. That fact that you find it hilarious and unbelievable proves why you may like your chair at Juniper - you are at least a decade backward.

Well, my first post here as I have seen many and a few from EMEA too. I am based in EMEA. I moved to Juniper from Brocade in 2015. I almost had a heart-attack in July 2017 when I heard Marcus Jewell had been hired as the EMEA boss. He is ex-Brocade. He ran Brocade business down to ground in Europe just by firing people through years. We lost morale, stopped working, could only think of moving jobs. And this guy, nicknamed "Terminator" at Brocade, is now running the show at Juniper in EMEAR. As in Brocade, most people who was any good, knew anything good have either left Juniper here or are about to leave.

I handed in my papers last Monday. This is not an environment which can produce healthy growth. In EMEA its full of political, bullying people who somehow got promoted to "Managers". I know a couple who were made managers simply because "there was no other choice", as per TR, the SVP of Systems Engineering in EMEA. When things take that turn , its sign of times to come. Go whoever of you can and have a palce to go to or be subjected to sleepless nights, stress you don't deserve, get your professional self-respect be insulted daily by people who cannot even write emails in proper corporate English because they are "the managers".

The company shows no signs of getting rid of these cancerous fatty cells.

I gave myself 1 year to see if anything improves, but no such signs yet. Its circling the drain. Ciao and big middle-finger to some of those managers who I KNOW read this forum - you know who you are - at least one of you got caught posting here awhile back.

Dude, you want AI to configure your devices? This must be the most hilarious thing, in ages. LOL

The current CTO is trying to solve problems he experienced as a network operator at Google. He is solving yesterday's problems, and not innovating for the future. His focus is on automation and DevOps. Not that these are areas that need solutions, but competitors already have good solutions. Juniper is trying to buy themselves out of the void or play catch up right now.

Other companies in this space are focusing on solving problems with AI and Machine learning. They are "innovating" with these new technologies. Solving tomorrows problems today.

Juniper used to be like that. Not anymore. Only a handful or developers are involved with these types of technologies at Juniper. Not really innovative either... just "me too" solutions.

These are the reasons why people from Juniper have trouble finding jobs.

I would say much of this applied to me but I have many for getting out. The writing on the wall for my situation was way, way too apparent for me for my future if I didn't do a massive overhaul.

But I know many excellent people at J and they're happy there (but also currently shielded more). To each their own and God bless to all of them. Ignorance may be bliss but I like to keep a pulse of the situation and stay ahead of the game.

Surely, morale is low in some groups but that always happens with layoffs (CSCO was gloomy for many of my friends for many years as well).

I hope J transitions successfully. I have high hope with the CTO, but his box of pencils (i.e. leaders) are dull and a MASSIVE detoxification and Culture re-engineering is necessary so he'll be able to execute....or not (to me this re-engineering needs to be at the level akin to Steve Jobs reintroducing himself at Apple and terraforming the toxicity out of Apple). Two years time will tell a lot. For other people's sake I hope it works out!