HPE to buy Juniper Networks

Looks like the legal process of the acquisition is happening at a faster pace than expected earlier. Also the state of the employees is uncertain till now. What do you think will happen to Juniper employees?? What's your take on this acquisition??

Completed 3 years at Cisco this month as a Hardware Engineer, joined straight out of a tier-2 college in 2021. Over my 3 years, what I've learnt is that Cisco is just riding on the monopoly it has in the networking space. There's basically no innovation when it comes to Router hardware, and we basically reuse existing designs, packaging them as "newer and better" products. No risk, no Ishq 🙁 There's absolutely zero investment in R&D, and any new feature that gets added to the products only comes in after one of the competitors launches them, keeping Cisco behind in the game. If Cisco keeps going like this, I'm sure the likes of Arista and Juniper will over us in the next couple of years, even with the new "Silicon One" that Cisco's promoting. PS: I can only speak from a Hardware PoV, and I'm not quite updated with what's going on with Cisco's SW offerings.

There is so much news of layoffs in many huge companies. I am feeling concerned about my future here at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). I joined recently only, so I am at high risk of getting laid off. Can someone please tell me the policy for layoffs in HPE? Would I get a severance if I get affected by RIF? Should I keep looking for jobs, or am I just getting unnecessarily paranoid? Please guide me on how to deal with this situation.

Amazon Microsoft, Google, etc. All layying off people. They just started sending emails today morning for US/Canada. India/EU would be sent next week so we dont know the exact numbers yet. Same information going on Blind, hundreds of Amazon employees laid off in the morning.

Declared for the states: We’ll pay employees during the full notification period (minimum 60 days). We’ll also offer a severance package starting at 16 weeks salary plus two weeks for every additional year at Google, and accelerate at least 16 weeks of GSU vesting. We’ll pay 2022 bonuses and remaining vacation time. We’ll be offering 6 months of healthcare, job placement services, and immigration support for those affected. Outside the US, we’ll support employees in line with local practices.

JP Morgan lays off 1000+ employees at Newly acquired First Republic Bank https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/05/26/spring-2023-layoff-tracker-jpmorgan-cuts-1000-first-republic-employees/

https://www.reuters.com/business/cisco-cut-thousands-jobs-it-seeks-focus-high-growth-areas-sources-2024-02-09/

Wdyt?

All of our fears about AI was correct! They will take our jobs, they will overtake the world & will finally turn against us. https://www.peoplematters.in/news/talent-management/ibm-asks-employees-to-volunteer-for-layoffs-targets-80-cuts-in-key-departments-including-hr-40430 IBM asks employees to volunteer for layoffs, targets 80% cuts in key departments, including HR