Be careful about how you post on The Layoff. It has come to my à l’attention de that the ELT are using this space to build an LR list wiz the help of Facebook, Google Analytics and Grammarly. Don’t post withshout a VPN connection (the layoff... — read more 

We made record earnings. They reduced our bonus, gave us a measly raise, no cola in over seven years and all we hear is Chuck and Fran for President. Gag me. We work countless hours, deal with all types of management and policy changes and get... — read more 

So we beat analysts estimates, we do better than expected overall and this is how employees get rewarded? Fifteen percent of our bonus slashed, and HR recommends IPF 1 for most people. What a fooking joke.

All the people who are leaving for greener pastures are taking care of that. There are too many folks leaving right now to be able to justify layoffs. It works for Cisco as well, since the company doesn't have to pay severance. All it needs to do is... — read more 

Now lay offs.

Suck on THAT you larping trolls.

A Boston jury on Monday cleared Cisco Systems Inc. in a $371 million patent suit, finding that the California tech giant did not infringe a Massachusetts software company's patent following a two-week... — read more 

Maybe a tearful video message from CR as some other clown did regarding his layoffs on LinkedIn last week....

I think the only reason we were spared so far is that the ELT was waiting to report quarterly results. If the results are not as expected, they'll immediately announce layoffs to counter the numbers. If the results are good, we'll probably be safe... — read more 

It's been a long time since I actually enjoyed doing my job here. Layoffs destroyed the culture here. It is questionable whether it is even possible to fix it anymore? At this point, Cisco is a totally different company from the one where I... — read more 

Webster defines Accountability as an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. For example, if GSSO Americas top leadership misled everyone regarding the calculation of Gold Rush, then they should take... — read more 

Enormous attrition among SE/SA teams in Cisco UK. Tons of people moving either internally or leaving Cisco completely. Are these people leaving willingly or is there stealth LR going on? Nothing announced.

Despite the fact that the job market is not ideal at the moment and there are many hiring freezes, many people are still leaving here... at least judging by the departures of the colleagues I work with. That's why I'm wondering if cuts are... — read more 

Are you still giving it your all or are you just phoning it in? I've been at Cisco for six years and I'm already disillusioned with the company and how it treats employees. I stopped feeling the need to go the extra mile once I realize it'll get me... — read more 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-says-it-was-breached-by-hacker-linked-to-notorious-cybercrime-groups-11660179151?mod=search_headline We need Duo triple authentication! :D

Now that I have recovered from my PTSD I am.happy to share that I left the WebX marketing team for a much better company! The insanity that AR creates is beyond toxic. She treats her team poorly changes her mind on strategy when the wind blows ... — read more 

The CX ship has lost its rudder.

Agile TSA and C2E will lead to layoffs. Think about the purpose of these 2 disastrous initiatives. It is to lower the cost of pre-sales engineering resources while paying senior engineering leadership bigger paychecks. That is the only reason that... — read more 

Does Cisco offer any incentive to stay beyond a pay check? More vacation? Anything?

I'm not looking forward to layoffs but I'm also not stressing over them 24/7. I've been with Cisco for nearly a decade and I know full well that layoffs are something that happens all the time, whether it's on a small or a large scale. Working here... — read more 

Lots of random topics here but none of which deal with the main objective of this forum. What are the latest LR news, rumors, updates, innuendos, shenanigans, etc? Cut the cr-p about the rest of these mumbo-jumbos blah blah irrelevant topics. On ... — read more 

what is the renewal rate for software subscriptions for infrastructure products (DNA-sh-t) - this will tell is MM is doing her job what is the renewal rate for EAs? - this will tell if VN is doing his job

SA pooling is going to happen. EK and his SEDs are working on new name for Agile TSA and Click2Expert but it is going to be the same disaster under the covers that promotes lower pay and no career growth for SAs and TSAs.

One and a half year has passed since I joined Cisco in APJC. I left Cisco about 21 years ago and came back. But I soon realized that I'd made a big mistake. It turned out that the company had become totally a different company. I've been feeling so... — read more 

Cisco Systems on Friday lost a court appeal to move to private arbitration a case over alleged caste discrimination in its Silicon Valley offices, where managers of Indian descent are accused of bias against an employee also from... — read more 

What is going on with the Agile TSA and Click-2-Expert disaster that we heard so much about and every SA and TSA was going to. Very stupid idea from EK that hurt the TSAs and SAs the most by limiting their pay and career profession. Many jumped to... — read more 

From posts, seems they are amateur at it. Both employees and management. Nothing like Cisco when it comes to layoffs!

Reading some posts on this forum, one could conclude that most of them don't care about their jobs anymore. But is that really so? I tried to find a new job and despite my experience and skills, it turned out that I won't find anything better... — read more 

When should employees expect to hear about their raises from this focal?

I finally got some offers🎉 Giving my 2 week notice soon. I am 100% certain my mgr will try to match the offer since I am the best performer but I will pass it. It was nice chatting with you all. Good luck. Cisco is a nice place to coast, and we all... — read more 

Bullsh--t Blurb: “Uniting these two organizations gives us the ability to bring technology solutions even closer together, uniquely solve our customer challenges in transforming infrastructure and align our... — read more 

Well, we are off to a strong start! IMPACT is three weeks away. Soon customer facing teams (other than cx because they sre a waste) will decend into 100 degree vegas to get obliterated on booze and dr-gs on the night of day 1 then hide in hotel rooms... — read more 

Since my manager keeps on ignoring me when I ask about MRR ranges for my roles Grade 8, I thought I would give it a try here. I don't want to bring this up with HR because then it will create tension between me and my manager, and I don't want that... — read more 

Cloud & Compute BU officially has a leadership vacuum with two big leaders gone in a span of a couple of months. First KD and now Todd. Do you think we will see more management turnover? The best person to go really is Chuck. The company is going to... — read more 

Hold onto your butts

MRR updated - July 1st People who were in MRR zone 2, fell in zone 1 (Some people did) Bonus remix in effect - Aug 1st People who were in MRR zone 1 after MRR adjustment earlier come back to zone 2 (everyone has better base now with lower... — read more 

During my tenure in Cisco I worked with a really nice, competent and skilled salesperson. I’m sure a new role with similar or better terms could be easily obtained. I cannot phantom how skilled people like this keeps grinding Cisco quarters. There... — read more