Pros

Technology is truly revolutionary and plenty of free training available. Great and successful/experienced team. Growing company in a great position to continue to grow.

Cons

High expectations but those who meet and exceed are rewarded handsomely. Despite high demands management allows employees to prioritize quality of life.

Advice to Senior Management

Great leadership and focus on the competitive advantages. Great go to market strategy and company is well positioned to continue to grow.

Pros

good technical growth, strong products, flexible, decent pay and benefits,
good engineers,

Cons

non appreciative culture, engineer not treated well, every thing needs to be demanded.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to your engineers, they are not getting treated well!!

Pros

For purely technical folks, it is a good place to work. One has the opportunity to work on big projects.

Cons

Little or no opportunity for growth if you joined after IPO. Tightly run by a small team of old timers. Eventhough it has a stated culture, the Juniper way, most senior managers give lip service to it. The company has spent quite a bit training their managers but there is too much politics in the work place. Many good people have been let go as the result.

Advice to Senior Management

walk the talk.

Pros

Early days not too bad, until 2002/3 times. Decent range of work, and still some adherance to the Juniper Values.

Cons

Post 2003/4 the growth of Dilbert-esqe management BS and the hiring of low talent/high politics people really hamstrung the company. No point working there now unless you enjoy backstabbing and playing office politics

Advice to Senior Management

Have you even read the values, let alone followed them

Pros

I feel there is a lot of growth potential at Juniper and I'm bullish with the new management changes but there is a small window of opportunity to get this right. What keeps me going is I do believe Juniper provides a great work environment in terms of flexibility, benefits/time off and the ability to chart your own course if you have the fortitude to do so.

Cons

In a time of serious economic challenges, I feel there are many people "spinning" with a lack of clear leadership and direction. It is very frustrating for folks who want to make a difference and are used to being top performers but they don't understand how their work ties to the company objectives and they have a bozo for a boss.

Advice to Senior Management

Make an investment in the people that are the top performers and support them in career development and planning. It still seems that the people who get promoted are the people who are in the right place at the right time when somebody exits. This may be a conveninent and quick solution to a problem but think about the long term ramificaitons.

Pros

+ #2 in the Networking Field leaves room for growth (Apple vs MS)
+ Business is expanding into new markets!
+ Management support of continued employee education
+ Professional non-micromanging environment
+ Plenty of other bright like minded people
+ Espresso machines in the break rooms.

Cons

- No real after work community (most people have families)
- Holiday parties suck (see above)
- No issues related to work, just wish the after work things were better.

Advice to Senior Management

Do what you need to do to keep us growing. But remember the things that brought us to this point creativity, dedication and a startup spirit.

Pros

Working in juniper since 5 years, Opportunity to work on very high end technologies.Competitive salaries and good stock options.Smarter project management and overall execution, Its improved over the years.

Cons

Somewhat aggressive company, not an issue for high performer/hard worker, but below performer are weeded out periodically, which is better in a way.Acquisitions are not simpler for engineering, integration is not handled properly with company's original engineering infrastructure for ex. defect tracking, testing framework, code repositories etc..

Its fine company for smart and hard working people.

Advice to Senior Management

More accountability at various levels can look for more acquisitions in space where it does not have great presence, for ex. mobility or wireless.

Pros

When you are noticed, there is a lot of upward mobility. The upper echelons are covered with homegrown talent. The company appears to be on the right track with the new CEO, though he is fighting some battles to make his direction known. Employees really seem to care about each other. Work life can be rewarding with the right manager. Company is well positioned to take on the market.

Cons

People are territorial in places. There are leaders who seem completely separated from business reality at times. Strong dichotomy between founding principles and desire for growth - need a clearly articulated corporate mission beyond the "Connect everything, empower everyone".

Advice to Senior Management

Make a definitive statement about what is important to the company to grow to 10B. Cut some dead weight, particularly in some leadership roles.

Pros

Hmm... JUNOS is a superior operating system, flexibility to telecommute, good benefits and salary is good if you negotiate correctly on the way in.

Cons

Things have greatly deteriorated since this posting .... the company has taken a turn for the worse, and I wouldn't consider Juniper a place to try and make a career any longer ... still haven't figured out the difference between leadership & management, and lost sight of what really matters during the recent economic downturn .... not well positioned any longer ... it's going to be an "also-ran" type company from here on out ... only good to get experience and hop to the next thing as soon as you can .... not a place to build a career any longer ... wish it were, but isn't the place.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't just announce layoffs and continuous reorgs without considering this is having upon those that are left behind - it was a wonderful place to work, and I sincerely believe Juniper has now lost it's way .... I won't recommend this company as a "best company to work for" - it was prior to 2008 ... but no longer .... sinking ship!!!

Pros

Employees (up to 1st line management) are mostly hard workers, and believe in their ability to achieve great results. Smart people and still some camaraderie.

Cons

Headcount freeze for workers, and continuous hiring and promotions for senior management and executives. Management is becoming too political, and the performance management is unclear, and perceived to be unfair. Company strategy is not clear at the lower levels. No alignment internally, between the top-level management and the rest of the company. Empire building is becoming a serious problem. Lack of empowerment of employees. To please Wall Street every quarter is the top priority. Long-term objectives and priorities are not considered, and the company is in permanent diving catches.

Advice to Senior Management

Walk the talk. Less slideware and videos, and more actions and consistent behaviors. Enforce performance rating to middle management. People management must be key. Pay attention to professional development of employees (all employees), not only VP or SVP or EVP.