Where are all those people who keep saying they can't wait to be laid off? This is your moment to shine. Go and volunteer and help save the jobs of those of us who want to stay. You'll be hailed as a hero. Or are your constant posts that "being laid... — read more 

Ok we know that collab is impacted , but they are saying it’s 5% - so we are looking at 4000 people ? - any other group that is impacted ? It cannot be only collab , there must be some other groups too . SBG and Meraki are safe for sure - but which... — read more 

The disastrous C2E and Agile TSA will be coming back due to layoffs. No organization will be exempt. Remaining SAs and TSAs will be going into this starting in 2H. If you thought customers were moving away from Cisco before, wait to you see what... — read more 

Anyone still have the details of the voluntary early retirement package they offered a couple of years ago? I didn’t quality back then but would now and could consider it if they do it again but I don’t remember the details. Thanks! — read more 

Chuck... You're an Fing Liar! It is time for your disgusting ego to go! Your leadership is an example of what not to do. While we're at it, could we get rid of all the SLT executive celebrity wannabes! Fran, Chuck, Jeetu , Aruna Maria...etc. TOO... — read more 

6 months + tenure based so pretty cool in terms of layoffs in the past that I have seen. I can spend some time off at the beach ⛱️ in Colombia 🇨🇴.

Learn how to "network". This is a "Networking" company after all. 🤡

Cisco is to layoff people. What would they consider? Grade? Performance? or the list is sent by upper management?

There is huge competition on the job market right now and it will certainly not be easy to find a new job, but I sincerely hope that I will be on the cut list, get a severance and forget about this place. Anyone else? Despite everything, I'm... — read more 

I think Meraki is still growing (double digit growth) - Would this make the likelihood of Meraki layoffs fairly low?

EOM

He said employees will be briefed tomorrow

I am not expecting the MSM to cover this, they have been bought. Maybe someone local?

Or will our holidays be ruined?

If the cuts here were ever guided by some healthy logic, that is, if performance was really important when they made layoff lists, I wouldn't be too worried now. However, since I know that having a great performance here means nothing, my anxiety... — read more 

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 will include talent movement options and restructuring. Additionally, Cisco will... — read more 

Cisco is going to miss by at least 4cents. LR will be announced during that call. Tune in to listen and be the first to know before you get hit by that 1:1 email. PS: This is not that RTP guy or the dude who left Cisco 19yrs ago.

Love how this gets "leaked" a week before earnings... So....who's the target? https://www.futuriom.com/articles/news/who-will-cisco-buy-sources-say-a-big-deal-is-near/2022/11

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/amazon-layoffs.html

They are sleep walking into irrelevancy. Rested too long on their laurel wreath. Now a bunch of politically motivated mid-managers and self serving directors with superficial functionality and no contribution towards revenue, are eating away at its... — read more 

Over 20 years ago, Cisco's stock options were used as an excuse to avoid paying the market rate for its top 10% employees. However, there was no corresponding shift in compensation structure, and eventually stock options were reserved exclusively... — read more 

We know in the past many years, our company kept on layoff employees, why? The main reason was the pressure from H and Z. Basically H and Z received huge amount of subsidiaries from their government. Also from 2000 to 2008, then their labor cost were... — read more 

I only know from my experience so far that no one should feel safe. It is futile to worry ahead of time, but in any case it is always better to be prepared.

November 17th notifications are called off because Cisco is going to do a LR for the entire company after holidays. Expecting a high % of engineers. Filters* age, high TC, useless product. Nothing to do with your performance. Chuck and Fran teams are... — read more 

https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/cisco-workers-get-pre-holiday-pink-slips-in-california

Had FB used more Cisco equipment, then we would have impacted as well, but FB for some reason decided to make their own networking devices wwwww We should feel lucky.

https://www.forbes.com/lists/worlds-best-employers/

Any Updates???? - Haven't heard of anyone getting axed so far. Some shuffling around, but that's it.

Staying relevant is key to long-term survival. Unfortunately, I think there is a growing number of those who would say that Cisco is less and less relevant on the market?

Meta laying off 13% of its staff https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/meta-to-lay-off-more-than-11000-thousand-employees.html Twitter laid off 50%. Some other companies had non-minor layoffs. Cisco hasn't had any layoff for some time. Above companies... — read more 

The real estate consolidation is impacting RTP -- expect only a single building (10) to remain while the rest are sold off. Rumor is conversion to warehouse space.

Only way out of this decade long mess is to do what Meta/Twitter/Saleforce, etc are doing Reduce headcount ASAP by 15,000+ and hire a technical CEO

I’m a contract employee currently working on the Cisco website. And, as contractors, I know that we are more at risk of termination during staff cuts. As Cisco has a very large contract workforce, do you think the company will put a heavier focus on... — read more 

I think it's about $72K for G2, not sure though.

How cisco wants to deal with the market dominance of ZS and PANW in the security market. As they pay $500k to an engineer, cisco must invest heavily in security place to attract best talent and attach these companies. Possible acquisitions: versa... — read more 

I don't know what's with people and this desire to "get it over with." I'm not in any rush to become jobless. I'm glad to hear that we potentially don't have to worry until next year. That means I can relax and enjoy the holidays properly. Then I'll... — read more 

Anyone here have experience of IOT and the leadership (especially DW)? He's just come over to AppD (I'm in the Americas) and has a very strange style of 'leadership'. Just wondering if he has form.

I feel very stuck here, but unfortunately, it's my fault that I didn't leave earlier when the job market was much better. It would be terrible to be stuck at this job until the economy recovers. I hope that I will find a new job very soon, although... — read more 

https://m.economictimes.com/prime/technology-and-startups/cisco-systems-has-missed-the-bus-on-many-tech-waves-can-the-internet-bellwether-stage-a-comeback/amp_primearticleshow/95364109.cms

The rumor was right. Sound off if you’re impacted.