Motivation has never been worse. I loved my profession roughly until I came to Juniper. Big mistake! Now I'm not sure if my job has become boring to me or if I'm so tired that I'd most rather give notice on Monday. I'm sick of this company.
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I left Juniper after many years of service and I can say that it wasn’t always like that, but I can’t deny that many things started to go south after 2011 and continue today. AA’s role seems to be too big for him and yes there’s a bias towards promoting and favouring Indian males. Nothing against my Indian colleagues but definitely they have an edge at Juniper regardless of competency.
AA joined Juniper as Director of Engineering in 2004. If I remember correctly, Juniper was considered a good place to work in 2004. I wasn't part of Juniper in 2004, but it looked good from the outside. I joined Juniper in 2008, and it looked ok back then. During 2008-2011 I had lots of friends who were asking me to refer them to Juniper for employment, so I assume it looked ok to folks at that time. In 2011, AA reached to EVP position and the rest is history.
To be fair, the ship started sinking long before AA came to top. Can you imagine any of AA's rivals in the past, such as RD, being a better leader? Nope.
H1B candidate from a no-name school in India - Did these folks come to the US for masters? If they were from a no-name school in India, maybe they went to a Tier 3 college in the US. In this case, they are mediocre engineers with no choice. My earlier comment about job seekers getting multiple offers is not relevant to such folks. The super-hot job market is only looking for stellar engineers since the companies hiring right now are FAANGs and top-tier companies. These companies do not compromise on the quality of engineers.
I remember 2 decades ago Juniper was in the same position, top-tier engineers were wanting to get into Juniper. What happened?
You guessed right - AA happened.
I was on the hiring side. Every candidate was a desperate H1B candidate from a no name school in India. We took them because there were barely any applicants. There were some reqs that had zero applicants for a very long time. JNPR is an H1B sponsorship shop.
For folks who joined Juniper in the last few years, what was the reason for doing so? It should have been apparent that Juniper is a sinking ship. The only valid reason for joining Juniper is if you got laid off in your previous job and did not get a job in any other place.
If it is apparent that joining Juniper was a mistake, interview around and get another job. The job market is super hot right now. Most places are unable to find qualified candidates to fill open reqs. Job seekers are getting multiple offers and are able to negotiate solid offers.
I feel exactly the same op.
Juniper has made my professional career miserable. I have seen it all of the shitzzz at very early stage of my career.