It feels like all of these big tech companies are hitting similar roadblocks, mergers/acquisitions and bloated teams. Is this where most people are looking for replacement work? it feels like we'd just be getting ourselves back into a similar mess. Any thoughts?
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All of the companies listed by the OP have offshore offices. It’s fair to assume those offshore locations will continue to expand while US locations contract.
Depends on the group culture, your manager and coworkers!!
Juniper will get massacred once HP get hold of them. You’d be foolish to go there.
HP Is and always will be a sweat shop.
Microsoft is definitely a great company to work for. They run it well, less opportunities to bs your way around like I see at Cisco. Engineers there are very deeply technical ( here at Cisco I've seen many engineers that are effectively project managers) If you have a chance to go there, take it.
The political skill of microsoft mid-level executives is vastly higher than Cisco. If you guys think Cisco is political, we have nothing on MSFT. They're older by a few years and the stakes are much, much higher and always have been.
Laughing at peeps comparing MSFT with CSCO
MS may layoff, but been to their campuses many times, no one looked frazzled or overworked, all dressed well, had great cafes , every one moved at their own speed. Between their stock and base pay, its a great gig if you can get it.
MSFT su-ks. They don't even pay fairly and their HT processes are horrible.
So you are ok you get cut when you turned to 40? You can say it because you forgot you will age’too!
Most of Microsoft's engineer are in their 20s to 30s, look at Cisco, majority employees are over 40, LR definitely necessary whoever run the company, hire a new CEO may cut 50% or even more to make this company energetic again.
Ex-Cisco, now Microsoft, it IS better. Big time
Definitely better at MSFT.