JDSU Reviews

Former Employee – worked at JDSU as an intern for less than a year

Pros – treat interns like a full time, friendly co-works around you and the company seems to be going in the right direction

Cons – okay salary, you somtimes feel very disconnected to the company culture

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JDSU full-time for more than a year

Pros – Bright colleagues, flexible working, cool office, reasonable autonomy

Cons – Too many layers of management, don't have a clue what is going on back at the floor so make decisions in isolation. Decision making really slow, with no value having to go thru. Work life balance not great. While flexible working it means you work long hours.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop making decisions which impact people doing the role without knowing what it really means. Can't keep relying on those left to pick up the pieces. Why so many directors, vp and svp and do they all need to be involved in every decision. Get your top management lean.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JDSU full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – -The work from home is a perk
-free gym, benefits are decent, always work to be done

Cons – Workload is heavy
Understaffed
Leadership team that doesn't make concrete decisions.
Internal promotions are hard to come by

Advice to Senior Management – Stop waffling and make some decisions. Promote within.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at JDSU full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Big company, lots of cash flow. Did provide a decent severance to those who were displaced.

Cons – Don't seem to care about employees. Climate in the the Germantown MD. facility is toxic (figuratively speaking)

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at JDSU full-time for more than a year

Pros – High tech, good industry, learning

Cons – Bureaucratic, no clear vision, to many chefs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JDSU full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work environment is pretty good. You get a lot of flexibility. Good life/work balance.

Cons – The jobs are not challenging. Your ideas are not being considered. Some times, the projects gets end up using primitive technologies. There are no processes in place. Unable to get more projects. Existing projects are getting expired/closed.

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

Former Employee – worked at JDSU full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good salary, good benefits overall

Cons – Management out of touch with day to day activities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at JDSU full-time for more than a year

Pros – Efficient and effective Senior management.
Profit driven and strong focus on CEO obejctive - BHAG II.
This is a clear vision that the entire company is moving forth.

Cons – US leadership failed to delegate authortiy down to APAC region, thus delaying key decisions and lack of understanding of Asian cultures.
Lack of processes and procedures, middle managemnt do not have insights and avoid taking up some roles and responsibilities that are not clearly defined.

Advice to Senior Management – Delegate a member from the senior leadership to station in Asian and lead the teams.

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

Former Employee – worked at JDSU full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people, great products. Good work environment.

Cons – politics. A lot of continuous chatter and anxiety of loosing jobs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JDSU

Pros – Focused and balance sheet driven.

Cons – Human touch and interpersonal relations.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in employees for longer time durations to derive returns out of them.