Rumor: Cisco's $1.5M Babies
More importantly, who are the other six who got similar offers?
And to top it off: What the heck kind of counter-offer made five of those seven engineers decide to stay at Cisco?
Now, we'll concede this point: It's possible our source got some signals crossed, and that the $1.5 million is the total amount offered to all seven engineers. That would average out to $214,000 each -- a nice sum, but not quite as eye-popping.
Either way, it sounds like Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson isn't kidding around. Router wars are alive and well.
— Craig Matsumoto, West Coast Editor, Light Reading
$1.5M hired a couple of genius engineers in one mature industry? That's crazy and just attracting eye balls . In engineering, nobodyis irreplacable.
Hah! Spoken like an exec. No one would say it was crazy if $1.5Mil was used to poach an exec. In a high-tech industry like telecom I'd say it is more likely that the executives are replacable than the engineers.