Juniper Networks

• Very talented coworkers to learn from
• Very supportive managers
• Engineering centric (although quality is falling)
• Very good brand name to have on your resume

Lots of friction between campuses as we grow.

Most new hiring shifted to India due to cost. Unfortunately, the quality fell to meet the headcount growth targets. More and more clueless coworkers and snake oil improvements are getting pushed through, sometimes ending in disaster.

Talented engineers are spread too thin between the new markets we're pursuing. Teams on established markets are getting hollowed out, becoming stagnant and seeing a fall in engineering quality. This has not gone unnoticed by customers. Management responded by pushing engineers harder. Stress levels are very high for those who stay.

Explosive growth of Dilbertian policies is driving teams to spend more time throwing problems around and blaming each other than solving the actual problems.

Frequent re-orgs that got undone in a few months.

The Dilbertian policies might be unavoidable for a large company. But engineering quality and the engineering-centric culture must be maintained if we want customers to stay.