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

layoffs are delayed til January.... we can't even execute layoffs! what a bunch of crazy going on! no wonder we are having business issues. Earnings call will be a hoot!

A lot of changes are on the roadmap. https://www.crn.com/news/networking/cisco-partner-summit-2022-ceo-chuck-robbins-top-5-quotes

The air is thick and I am already looking for new options. How many more of you haven't had a meaningful assignment in a long time? That's a big red flag.

I recently joined Cisco in APJC. I have 30-year work experience at my previous companies in tech domain. But I got a feeling my manager and even my colleagues don't want to hear anything I did at my previous companies. My manager has only been at... — read more 

"We’re invested in your career at Cisco and are increasing our efforts to help you find opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and gain exposure to viable opportunities. This includes automating aspects of our recruiting and hiring processes to... — read more 

Structural problems prevents most of them to do their best, why cisco doesn't review. Juniper never did performance reviews.

Anyone else going through the new Performance Review process? I think this is a beta test for next year. Mine was very peculiar. I could tell my manager hadn't even read my self-assessment. Didn't really seem interested at all.

When I first got the job here, it was tolerable. However, this is now a real mess. Cisco is now the most disorganized company I've ever worked for. Does anyone remember worse periods in this company? Have there ever been worse periods than this... — read more 

It's not the first time I've heard someone saying that they totally despise this place. The disappointment is huge. Many people who used to love their job now hate the fact that they ever applied here and are trying their best to leave as soon as... — read more 

A similar top-down house cleaning might be just the thing

Hearing of LRs by Friday. Anyone confirm? Probably collab.

Badge in rates are abysmal. Latest from the exec committe is that 6, maybe 9, buildings will be up for sale after the clean out and consolidation. No RTP isn’t closing, just downsizing to save money.

Amazing…. https://www.crn.com/news/networking/cisco-s-most-highly-compensated-executives-in-2022

Cisco Security Chief Strategy Officer Dug Song left the company earlier this month. He co-founded zero-trust company Duo Security in 2010, which Cisco acquired in 2018 for $2.35... — read more 

Will get there and looking for important announcements from ELT to partners.

Hi guys from around the world. Not sure if you heard yet, but there is a change for Mid-Size account managers on the way. Leadership seems to have a problem with double commissioning virtual sales and the field account managers at the same time... — read more 

Why would anyone go vastly above and beyond after being dumped on by their manager for several years in a row? No raises for three years = they don't want you there. Get the hint! It's someone I know that I'm trying to convince to get OUT. But... — read more 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-gear-is-being-shipped-into-russia-from-china-and-other-countries-leaked-customs-database-shows-11666013986?siteid

Layoffs here are taken pretty much for granted. At the same time, those who make wrong decisions, which I believe are largely to blame for the fact that people lose their jobs, always find different excuses, never take responsibility and firmly... — read more 

I copied the post from our page and changed the name and pasted it to Meta, and here it is: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ja3H4wN here're the comments: Facebook won't be around for too long. Better start honing your resumé skills. 4 days ago by... — read more 

I am proud to state that this is the story of my career. Resigned at Cisco in Europe for exactly the same reason earlier this year as I have done earlier in my career. No job is worth our professional self-respect, being managed by people who are... — read more 

Cisco Collaboration will have a big layoff. Notifications on November 17th, with exits by January 10th. Amazing that the only people not losing jobs are the leaders that led to market share fall in the last 5 plus years.

The biggest problem with this environment is that your skills are atrophying at an alarming rate. I would encourage taking some classes outside of Cisco. It can be CISSP, AWS, Azure, or ITIL, etc.. Anything to hang your hat on during an interview... — read more 

Cisco is an old dinosaur. Everything Cisco does - someone else does better, cheaper, faster, and with less hassle. The few things Cisco had a large market share on, Cisco has new competitors (and old competitors) that are eating nearly all the... — read more 

It seems that all ex-cisco executives look over Cisco switching business. After Nile another competitor is out of stealth mode. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/led-by-cisco-vets-new-seattle-networking-startup-hedgehog-comes-out-of-stealth/

My longtime former colleague, who eventually managed to get a job in a better company that offers more prospects for employee growth, recently complained to me that he is under enormous stress since starting his new job. It turned out that in a... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-plans-cut-thousands-jobs-face-pc-slowdown-bloomberg-news-2022-10-11/

https://www.forbes.com/lists/worlds-best-employers/?sh=76bb90c1e0ca

I enjoy working in the office. I have a very short commute and find that I am more productive when I get out of home. In the last six months I have noticed managers will come into the office, for only an hour or so, and camp out in a conference room... — read more 

I’ve been at Cisco about a year, it’s my first job out of college, and I really hate work. I dread it so much. It’s not that I’m bad at it, I got a good performance review and seem to be well respected for my work. Too many meetings, I have no time... — read more 

There was an interesting thread below about a manager who called a laid off employee to come back after some time. Of course, no one can know for sure, but I'm interested in how often it happens that they call employees to come back here. Any... — read more 

Can anyone tell me why this is still a thing? Who uses it? I don't see growth in any direction -- customer adoption, feature release, field interest ... It seems that 2 years ago V2MOMa was telling everyone that this is the way ... but the way to... — read more 

Can anyone tell which is better

I got a call from google and scheduled an interview. If any of you attended a google interview, can you share the interview questions, especially c language and system design questions?

One of our talented colleagues couldn't get along with well our manager. Slowly, the manager sidelined him. He left the company couple of months back. When I asked my manager regarding the former resignation, he mentioned that "it is not the end of... — read more 

Cisco was the greatest company actually under Chambers and early years of Chuck. Why so? Because we survived the competitions from some Chinese competitors like H and Z, H alone, just one time received 30 billions from their national development... — read more 

Managers do not know when to stop and where is the limit of tolerance when it comes to overwhelming employees with work. I don't intend to work like a robot, because more or less we can all find better options if we try. However, I wonder if... — read more 

What's the latest on ISE and the BU running it? Was offered a role there but all my contacts left, so no one to ask for first-hand intel. I remember it being a giant cluster fu-k, but that was around 2015... Cheers.

I'm not sure how many of you are currently in the process of looking for a new job, but I've been periodically looking at what's available and lately, I've noticed there are fewer and fewer good options. Most of FAANG are under a hiring freeze and... — read more