What is going on with hiring in US Commercial.

Stop laying off people after a good quarter. Don't do it to us again on Aug 16th! Stop saying you care about people, and then justify the poor treatment of our people "restructuring". Stop laying off people 9 months after it was announced. This... — read more 

How long does it take to get mileage and meals reimbursed and how do they pay it? I filed for my mileage and food in June and it says approved in concur but I never got any money and boss said she doesn’t know what to do because she’s new? Any idea... — read more 

...for no one in my team, not even my manager, to have spoken a word to me after I was laid off? My manager went on PTO that LR day, so I got the news from his manager, but even after my manager returned from PTO, nothing was said to me. I still... — read more 

After today’s call, it is confirmed there will be no specialists. This is going to be a complete debacle. With no experts that can go deep on specific solutions, the competition is going to easily win. We will not even be able to compete. The... — read more 

Wow RB managed to dodge the #1 upvoted question while saying she wasn’t dodging it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/networking-startup-nile-raises-175-million-challenge-cisco-2023-08-01/

Any thoughts??

Are you honest on Team Space with your weekly checkin? Do you really talk about activities you loathe and those you loved? Not sure if I should be honest or just write what my manager would like. I was told this is only for US employees?!?

Is it possible to request a new manager? My current one I’ve had for a year , she is generally unresponsive , demanding. A poor listener. She is also a poor worker and it has reflected badly On our whole team as she fails To do good work and engage... — read more 

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but for as long as I've been working here, and that's already quite a long time, I've never before noticed that people don't actually care if they'll be laid off or not. What's happening? It seems that this place has... — read more 

Another LR is coming in Nov 2023 (a good number will be axed) - More info to be shared in August during Q4FY23 earning call. Lists are being submitted along with your Talent & Ops reviews.

Having so called collective leadership. The reason why H has it because their orgs are consist of different departments in China government like pla, security, etc. They have to follow government rules. But why Cisco learned this thing? .. — read more 

What's going on with rumors about another significant round in August?

Does anyone know for the impacted people if we still are getting IPFs on our bonuses? I would assume CPF is automatic, but more so curious if IPF is in it since we worked pretty much the entire year.

what are the dates for the manager to decide the hike of employees, as we have an increment cycle in August. and after 1:1 discussion can the manager change the hike percentage or promotion ? The focal budget has been given to each manager, so will... — read more 

Are there any reasons only smart tac engineers got laid-off while incompetent ones stayed? Can someone pls explain to me the logic behind this?

Overheard few people talking today No new innovations and cloud customers have put all the new orders on hold due to ongoing recession fear. It’s a matter of time and this BU will be closed in USA and support will be from India..

It looks like GSSO is accelerating their demise. Apparently, they are taking us and making us front line CSS / TSA for the entire security portfolio. Making everyone a security generalist for the entire portfolio is a disastrous direction. The... — read more 

Maybe it's just my personal impression, but these are one of the worst managed layoffs so far. Couldn't they at least have managed it a little bit better?

I saw this in a Linux space recently: Hi guys, I hope you are doing great today. Im about to start my Linux journey, and I dont know where to start. Im currently going to see a couple of video tutorials (Cisco provided and one on... — read more 

Interesting! Couple of teams reported that they have been hit a second time since the initial November 2022 round! Is this a sneaky clean up round to help meet Q4 numbers?

Is there anything different about the internal application process that sets an applicant apart from a general applicant other than Cisco supposedly considering us with priority? Or does the internal application process only require a behavioral... — read more 

Maybe I am just d-mb, but the way I read this as a part of the early separation is that we get the early separation (severance + cobra) and then the pay in lieu benefits is an extra 15 days pay + pto + rsu acceleration and bonus? any help... — read more 

What's the worst thing that can happen if you don't give any notice? I'm so tempted to do it, but I have this feeling that I might be shooting myself in the foot even though I can't figure out how. It's not as if they can fire me and I have no... — read more 

It’s 2023 and they expect sales people in the office? LOL! Say what you want about Cisco, but even they aren’t this stupid! “ We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We... — read more 

I can't escape the impression that leadership has become extremely destructive. Maybe it's a harsh to say, but often they seem not at all interested in the welfare of this company nor its future. The proof of that isn't hard to find, is it?

More cuts coming, many more. No one is safe in the coming months. Good luck

As a software engineer, I just can’t take working at this place anymore. The layoff this past week put me over the edge and I’m totally over working for Cisco. Just so much disrespect from leadership. So if anyone else is in the same boat, I’m... — read more 

@OP+1nEKNYwP or https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nEKNYwP

what-to-know-about-new-cisco-layoffs-ongoing-restructuring-plan?? https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/what-to-know-about-new-cisco-layoffs-ongoing-restructuring-plan

Q4 earning call is around the corner, is there another big wave coming?

Cisco says this week’s layoffs were announced last November But employees say whether the layoffs are fresh or previously announced, they’re still losing their... — read more 

until morale improves.

Some advise me to look for a job in a smaller company after being laid off here, while others say that it's a step backwards after working at Cisco. Any thoughts? Perhaps someone has experience to share, I would appreciate it.

Chuck and clueless Jeff want to get orders booked by Sat and then give AM's and SE's the boot

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/07/19/cisco-lays-off-more-workers-in-2nd-cuts-this-year.html

There wasn’t, unless it was brief and I missed it. So so many comments during the meeting posting LinkedIn info…