is it getting worse day by day with more Useless Admin Work being thrust upon all employees ? Agile Jira forced up employee's throat.( IBM'er Hired from a failing Company(IBM) ). Team Space checkin Made Mandatory . another useless tool. Scrum... — read more 

I know several people who always used to their best and try to add as much value here as possible, but nowadays only do the bare minimum of what's being asked of them. There are many more people like that here, I'm sure, so I'm curious if you... — read more 

What is your opinion? Seems like the current layoff affects managers/leader and not individual contributors.

Is this obnoxious phrase used elsewhere, or is it just a Cisco thing?

Will Cisco also follow this trend? There is redundant middle management(director, manager, PE) who are like messenger to their upper management. Lots of useless meetings to understand and then explain their higher ups. Literally doesn't make any... — read more 

As a Sr Director at a long time customer of Cisco, we have made the decision to move away from all Cisco products. It will take 4-5 years but our executives no longer believes Cisco is a thought leader in technology. We want a strategic technology... — read more 

Major incident open effecting all services on new sessions. I’m at Cisco live right now and it’s a JOKE

That’s like what, the 12th quarter down double digits? CR doesn’t even mention collab anymore. He knows it’s over.

Now that PAN is fading to irrelevance (early lead made them think they could overcharge, now Fortinet is crushing them) they are all coming back. lol. I never see PAN in my security deals any more. They being a one trick pony never helped either as... — read more 

Pointless reorgs to suit political agendas. Wasted acquisitions for hundreds of millions that eventually go open source. Egos taking over rational decision making. Bogus transformation group to accomodate people that just couldn't fing a job in IT... — read more 

Cisco Networking Cloud: a unified portal to manage your network CX Cloud: a unified portal to manage your network JD tired of waiting on MM?

It's really good to see that all the layoffs are not scaring people into staying at their cr-ppy jobs, which I'm sure is part of their... — read more 

Outshift?! More like Bull$h!t. Incubation, innovation, blah, blah

Anyone noticed everytime we open LinkedIn, the duo login tries to use our Cisco login. Not sure if they track LinkedIn logins from VpN now?

Chuck is so embarrassing. How does he think he’s charismatic? He’s talking to a room full of sycophants (they decided to go) and every “joke” falls flat.

After the loooong pilot the powers what be have decided not to offer it.

Who’s excited for CR to talk vaguely about products he doesn’t even remotely comprehend?!

Why would anyone want to work for a company that doesn't give yearly raises? What's the longest you've gone without a raise?

Seems to be the case. Reports from your area?

From 2% growth in one of the hottest technology markets to the 2 ex-PANers leading GSSO that have put GSSO on an accelerated downward spiral that has GSSO losing more than ever before. Only 2% growth is literally embarrassing. That is completely... — read more 

Heard a rumor it’s getting canned. Any truth to this?

GSSO is pooling the TSAs now because PAN already does.

Software is being trialed now.

Instead of investing in SAs, Millions were wasted on C2E that was only about an Executive’s ego and nothing to do with helping customers and SAs / TSAs. Now that all this money has been wasted on C2E and Agile TSA, layoffs are coming for SAs and... — read more 

There is a strong rumor of layoffs in June, anybody has any genuine info on this, might be at a smaller scale across the board, please no trolling

Strangest thing happened to me, middle of the night last week I got an automated email that my TC was increased with roughly 20-25% as Cisco leadership wants to continue to invest in their people. First I thought it was a phishing email so i didn't... — read more 

Seattle-based Amazon workers have plans to walk off the job on May 31 in an act of retaliation over layoffs and return-to-office mandates. https://nypost.com/2023/05/23/amazon-workers-to-walk-off-the-job-over-return-to-office-mandate/

It's ridiculous how much management tries to maintain the appearance that this is a great workplace. What about reality and real issues that are swept under the rug? Do they think it's a viable long-term solution?

https://www.vox.com/money/23733244/bullsh!t-jobs-work-employment-lazy-jobless-employed-nothing-to-do I've added an exclamation point in the URL so it doesn't get censored, just reply with an "i" to access the article. This is what I did for nearly... — read more 

Could use some guidance. I've been at Cisco for 25+ yrs and need a break or retire - not sure yet. Ideally I would like to take a year or so LOA and return to get LR'd. I believe this happens to people. Have any of you done it or have advice for... — read more 

Your mental health matters. You deserve to feel supported in being your best self. This U.S. Mental Health Awareness Month and year round, know that you and your family have powerful solutions to help care for your emotional well-being, including:... — read more 

Post from q2 earnings call (1) On November 16, 2022, Cisco announced a restructuring plan in order to rebalance the organization and enable further investment in key priority areas. This rebalancing includes talent movement options and... — read more 

I recently signed an offer for an internal transfer to a new role. However, my new manager has informed me that there are budget constraints, resulting in a lateral move with no salary adjustment. Additionally, HR discourages grade jumps or salary... — read more 

After last week’s earnings announcement and significant decrease in new orders, steps are being taken to move forward with putting a percentage of SAs into C2E. This is across all segments.

In an interview on CNBC's Mad Money, Chuck Robbins acknowledged Cisco as better positioned to tap the AI frenzy and has bagged some design wins for AI. Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/going-cisco-tech-stock-monday-164426606.html What are... — read more 

He is right on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQ6LC30CBM

We need leaders who respect those employees who have the feudal loyalty with their sacrifice instead of those who work only for money. For example, when the time is good, a front desk young girl can make 800 while old employees can make 1000. Thus... — read more 

Joined a newer team and revenues haven't been great, but it has been silent with layoff rumors... debating whether to start looking.

How does Cisco manage to remain one of the best companies to work for on nearly every list including the major ones, like the one published by Forbes, when working conditions here have been steadily deteriorating for nearly a decade? How is it done?... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3P1VdY With all the Cisco people hired in the last couple of years, we are going thru the same mess they had. We have no leadership here. Our SVP is a Cisco and Z retread. He has no clue about security but talks a... — read more