Update on HPE acquisition of Juniper networks

As it goes for any company acquisition, Juniper folks should be wary of massive layoffs coming their way. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/01/09/hpe-to-buy-juniper-networks-in-14-billion-all-cash-deal.html

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.

JPMC: INR 37.6 LPA fixed + 8-10% yearly bonus Juniper Networks: INR 35 LPA fixed + 4 LPA yearly bonus + 5 LPA RSU Please help me to decide on which one to join in terms of growth, work life balance, and hikes. #Offer Evaluation #offers #jpmc #juniper networks

What are your thoughts/opinions on this acquisition, any Hashicorp employees here? How is it affecting you people?

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.

I left the company when we got the news of Oracle acquiring it, I believe for india it’s still pending… BTW I got an email saying they wanna reconnect and see if there are any opportunities which interests me!! Last time I was there they totally froze hiring and I guess till now two hike cycles are skipped😗 I believe most of the people are frustrated and looking for better opportunities.. What is really happening there tho??

What's the average annual hike at your org ? I know it depends on performance and all, but still there's gotta be range. Asking from a dev standpoint, but would like to know others as well. At my company, it's around 10-15 %(mid size company, not a startup).

What changed for you post acquisition and how did it change your lives Context: worked at a small startup getting acquired soon by a publicly listed company