I imagine the only way Infinera has been able to recruit people into VP level positions is through the promise of a lot of stock, but I assure you every VP hired in the last two years regrets coming to Infinera,
The fact is, in 2017 and beyond, only the truly desperate should work here. Those with talent and promise, do not waste your time here. No matter how much "new blood" comes in, it will never overcome the ineptitude of those entrenched. The CEO, the President/Founder recently demoted, every VP there more than 8 years, every Sr Dir there since the beginning... These people are only good at one thing - their own survival. The CEO espouses nonsense like it pains him to layoff 250 people, but if he was half the leader he should be then he would own up to his failures the last two years and resign.
At Infinera, you will find a lot of talk, a lot of work, but in the end, you will fail. There are so many great companies in SV, so many mediocre companies that still make money, and then there is Infinera - a company that does not know what to do with the great technology at hand, that could not transition from startup to stability even after 15 years while being led by a CEO who is all talk and way out of his league.
