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Becoming mediocre at best

ASIC Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Juniper Networks for 6 years
September 26, 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Very stable job. Good work-life balance. Good rewards for people who file patents. When work is not there, you can take long leaves.

Cons

No innovation.

All the good talent flew away, doing only incremental updates for multiple generations of chips.

The focus shifted from innovation to executing fast on incremental changes with accompanying politics.

Experience becomes stale with no challenges.

Lot of new hires are just an army of dead, little critical thinking, and having immense commitment.

Hikes and bonuses are pretty low.

Advice to Management

Please recruit and reward talent. If we are continuously doing minor touchups, how will we improve talent and differentiate ourselves? Work culture has become like that of a call center, with less mobility and fewer chances to grow using just technical skills.

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