Juniper Networks Reviews

I worked at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – QA management really good and career opportunities are plenty especially for computer networking jobs. you get bonus twice per year

Cons – compensations is less compared to industry peers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Juniper Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people
Flexible work hours
Cutting edge work

Cons – Limited stock RSU annual grants

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Was considered as a great technology company once upon a time !

Cons – -Lacks diversity with respect to employee's demographic backgrounds. Does not give any impression of working with true multinational company.
-Constantly failing on execution since last few years.
-No clear road map for long term. Projects are started and shelved in the middle.
-Product quality degrading over period of time.
-Lot of attrition and employees seems to be doubtful about their future.
-Lots of promotions without evaluating people on the criterion defined. Looks like management is desperate to retain employees.
-Lacks mix of experienced and junior/fresh grads in engineering teams.
-Company does not believe in investing on fresh grads.

Advice to Senior Management – Identify genuine talent and do not give false promises to retain them.
Control the rate of promotions. Not everyone deserves to be DE. Stop time-bound promotion scheme.
Focus on long term road map and execution strategy and don't change it too often.
Hire fresh grads to create right mix in the team.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good compensation

Good life and work balance

They want me to write more here, but honestly, I can't think of anything else.

Cons – Terrible middle management

Borderline upper management

Worst tools I've ever seen

Byzantine processes

Incomprehensible product strategy

Low morale in some groups

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good technical experience, good people, decent benefits

Cons – Dysfunctional management, no clear career progression, old boy network,

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to your good producers and less to who likes whom

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Juniper Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Wonderful physical location with a positive culture. Great products with tremendous potential to deposition the 800 pound gorilla. Great work/life balance and if you are in with the right group, you have it made.

Cons – Fantastic company that has been completely mismanaged by refugees from MSFT and Nortel. For the past two years, there has been a long litany of 'rearranging people' so rather than being a technology company, they have become an HR company. Juniper really took many steps back by bringing in fat cats from "failed comanies" to run the show. This created an attitude of complacency where mediocrity and management by checkbox is rampant amongst senior management.

Advice to Senior Management – Time for a house cleaning. Bring back Scott and others that cared about the company and the people that worked there. Unfortunately, the good people are in exodus en-masse and you dont even realize it. Note to executive management....all of your "report cards" are not helping the company. Put your resumes up on linked in and let Juniper heal from your reign.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Juniper has excellent salaries and can be a great working environment with wonderful coworker!

Cons – There are a few bad apples in managerial positions at this company and if you get on their bad side they can hurt your career and tarnish your reputation. When I left the company, I was under the impression that what I saw and experience was isolated. Yet, since my departure I've met others who were treated unfairly and not supported by HR. I don't think this experience is limited to Juniper but proceed carefully if you step into a visible role in this company.

Advice to Senior Management – Do more to help worker advance and get out from underneath managers who have are undermining careers. You're loosing good people! Also, consider creating a mentoring culture to protect the investment in your people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Juniper Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – great technical talent. friendly employees. once upon a time a place to be in for networking

Cons – not so good mgmt strategy. no longer a place to be in for networking. if u r smart enuf, u can navigate

Advice to Senior Management – stick with projects do not can them

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Great technology
- Great people

Cons – - Not much growth
- Opportunities are more in West coast

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Juniper Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Visonary leadership, balanced work/life schedule, open communication

Cons – People are promoted to senior management positions and then move to individual contributors without losing their title or pay level. Creates a top-heavy organization.

Advice to Senior Management – Maintain focus on innovation. You've lost your edge on software quality.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company