And stop vesting in peace at our expense and then layoff employees to fund their excessive pay.

What is really frustrating is that there are no clear and consistent criteria for who will be the LRd. When it comes to cuts, those who provide much more value to the company are in a subordinate position compared to those who are well connected... — read more 

80,000 Work From Home Part-Timers Will Be The Final Nail In The Coffin For Cisco

Do you think that Cisco cares enough to put impacted people in open positions? I certainly don't.

I’ve been through Cisco redundancy. It’s awful, once you start demonstrate the exec is choosing the person out of revenge and not the role, Cisco unleash accusations with no merit and lie like it’s going out of fashion. Cisco completely ignore their... — read more 

CSE - They literally provide no value while most are grade 12's or higher! Renewals Managers - Redundant, let account teams manage renewals, they do anyway CSS - Zero value Maria Martinez - SERIOUSLY! All she does is create BS initiatives, again NO... — read more 

All the things wrong with Cisco: Marketing CX Software/Licensing Strategy DNA Acquisitions WFH Management Inexperienced/Young sales team Internal trainings & meetings Add yours (We are one of their partners) — read more 

Look at CEO interviews for other tech companies. They are so much smarter and more knowledgeable and insightful about their businesses.

How are there still no updates? This is beyond effed up. Don’t buy their lies - this is about cost cutting. If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be across the board, and they’d have their plan already.

LR delayed to January in Canada due to legal requirements regarding employment notices/delays.

Never seen so much anger for a LR in my life. It's how it was handled. ER announcement before showing staff respect. The weeks of waiting, for everyone. The golf trip in the middle of it all. The impending recession and recognition that many... — read more 

This should result in an accumulated effect of losing business over the years due to hostile and unfavorable view. Do you think this is happening ?

I heard today the lists for LR should be out to notifying managers today r tomorrow. Anyone know if its true?

I heard that during the Leader Check-in after the Earnings call, Maria specifically called out PM Leaders of other PMs as an example of who would be impacted. Anyone else hear that?

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000120919122059459/xslF345X03/doc4.xml

Don't be discouraged by stories that the market is very bad. No it's not. In general, it is quite functional. I have three interviews next week. I had to put in a lot of effort, send a large number of applications, expand my network of contacts... — read more 

Just a post to see if those in Cisco think the culture in Cisco has improved or declined. There was a recent interview where someone senior in Cisco said moral was strong and never better. I’m a customer now but also an ex employee.

Compare and contrast to the number of posts for Cisco in any given week. Also look at how many Cisco posts are the same because no one can read the previous hundred posts on the same topic. This reflects badly on the worker bees as well as... — read more 

I have heard from many people that they do not intend to stay here for much longer, even if they survive all this, if they have to take on the extra work of LRd people. There is no doubt that survivors will be overwhelmed more than ever, but I... — read more 

I am mentally preparing for the event that I receive a notice while the job market is still very bad. On the other hand, uncertainty is the worst for me. The manager wants great productivity, and these days I don't even know how I manage to... — read more 

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/twitter-has-reinstated-senior-irish-executive-sinead-mcsweeney-following-generic-firing-email-high-court-told-42185817.html It shouldn’t be difficult to hire and easy to fire in the US! Vote Blue... — read more 

Only 30 minutes. Clearly they won’t be taking Q&A.

Is everyone pretending? I'll have had 3 one-on-ones with my manager by December 12th. They are unbelievably superficial and barely last the allotted time. The last one was 15 minutes of small talk. We have a town hall with a bunch of powerpoints... — read more 

Never forget. If you aren't LR'd, ask yourself if you really want to stay at a company like this. Bunch of psychopaths in charge

Despite everything, I still love my job here. Cisco has many issues, but good leadership could make many improvements. However, these leaders have lost their way. Sometimes I feel nostalgic. I remember how it used to be really nice to contribute... — read more 

Leadership just needs to tell people. This is high level evil, this wait. Just get it over with.

Things that once did not need speeding up are now moving at a snail's pace. Have you noticed how projects have become much slower than expected? The reason for this is not clear to me at all.

Lot of people are recommending Fresno, but San Diego area seems quite good as a move from Pleasanton. Any recommendations for someone in the 921 team?

Nov 29th - Dec 3rd Field Sales Party with select employees and spouses flying first class to Hawaii Not To Worry-The 4,000 Layoffs will cover the $200M+ cost for this week's boondoggle

I haven't been here long but I'm already getting tired of the constant anxiety about whether and when there will be more cuts, whether I'll be a target even though I'm doing my best, etc. When did constant layoffs become the norm here? I guess... — read more 

Was told last week that sales and marketing may not find out on Dec 12th of any layoffs or reorgs just that there will be some changes but are unknown at this point at least to lower level managers. Buckle up its going to be a long winter.

So i got fired. Not because i was bad at work, not because i had bad dealings with my customers, but because of my beliefs and stance. And, it seems from all the companies that i applied for, Cisco has a hand in companies blocking me from getting... — read more 

Director took PTO when LR was announced and will return Dec 12. Any thoughts on what that means? Would seem that it would difficult to fight for team if gone on vaca.

A lot of comments about lists being finalized for the upcoming LR. Past LR’s have involved providing a list of FTE’s to meet a desired budget cut based on redundancy within teams. I believe this LR is different. It’s rebalancing the entire company to... — read more 

Hearing that it's almost all Americans.

Keeping with the theme of Thanksgiving, Thank you to the GSSO SLT for your decisions that have made it easier for customers to choose us. Here are our highlights of what we are thankful for. The Gold Rush created so much distrust with your sellers... — read more 

Do you think there will be Cisco layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

I realize that we all are have various degrees of concern during this time for layoff. Me included. I also am not a fan of the continuous layoff cycle in Cisco. Regardless of the reasons. That said. The people I work with here at Cisco have been... — read more 

If I were the leadership, I would consider it my personal and professional defeat that most of the best employees left for competitors. Cisco long ago became a nursery of talents. How does our leadership feel about that? I wonder if they ever even... — read more 

Most useless and lethargic org within CX. No vision, No output, Pure power point creation and maintaining those YoY. No new capabilities. Hopefully Dec 12 will give them permanent rest as CXPM never ever talk and discuss industry level trend and... — read more