Catch-22: Welcome to 2022 Welcome to: The Matrix of 2022. Welcome to: Inflation, Inflation, Inflation. Welcome to: Vaxxed versus anti-Vaxxed, versus Trumpers, versus Woke-Fest. Choose your poison; the great divide continues into the... — read more 

Can RSUs be deferred or just base salary and cash bonuses?

Let me get this straight. Inflation is so bad that we need to increase our prices double digits again, just months after the previous increase. But there’s no need to increase salaries. How does that make sense?

I worked at Cisco for many, many years before taking the package in November 2020. Now I'm working at a startup in a rising industry and making way more money than I ever did at Cisco. The only reason I stayed for so long was because I was... — read more 

A good friend of mine from Cisco recently got a new, much better paid job. His experience is that the skills and knowledge he gained at Cisco were not enough there. This is a person we considered one of the best in our team. // I am now wondering... — read more 

With the way things are going. I fear I need to "jump ship" ASAP. Networking seems to be a bullet point in a long list of achievements. I guess its time....

We've had lots of posts on what the problems are with Cisco... What are the solutions? How do we solve the mess that is what Cisco has become?

Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable holiday and please don't put your immune systems in jeopardy! Oh yeah, and in case Chucky hasn't mentioned this week, he was a math major in college. Tell all your friends and family. See you on the other... — read more 

If you're looking for a manager who yells and screams at you from the moment you say "Hello", my manager is the best! He's amazing at how quickly he can start screaming once I have said "Hi Xxxxx", what's up?" I am thinking about recording them and... — read more 

It seems to me that employees are more concerned about attrition than our leadership is. Ever since I've been working here, we've never had so many people leaving the company. There are many reasons, but what do you think is the biggest? I would say... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-appeals-court-reinstates-covid-19-vaccine-or-test-rule-us-workplaces-2021-12-18/ Great news!

I don't believe that anyone is so untalented that after half a year of training and practice they can't start doing their job well. However, all of a sudden it's happening that the new hires, even after all that time, are failing to understand what... — read more 

Of all the delusions I have ever known, the most blowsy is the idea that I should apologize for getting people to sign a petition to limit Chuck’s ability to cause trouble. In truth, it’s Chuck who should be apologizing for resolving a moral failure... — read more 

Predicting this ship had about eight years left afloat, before someone buys up what is left, after a few more years of executive buzzards cleaning the last scraps off. Enjoy your working PTO. No RSUs for You. Love, Scrooge

Just great. Work almost every weekend and many late nights. Any compensation now? Any flex time? Why not???!!! No raise. No promotion. PTO forced, disrupting plans and lowering buffer in case of layoff. I'm so tired of this.

Yesterday's check-in provided usual entertainment in the chat. I'll never understand why some feel the irresistible urge to post their opinions when nobody asked for them. It ranges from pseudoscience claims to nauseating brown-noser compliments... — read more 

SB and “lean in” VW do not have the boldness of real leaders to admit that they really messed up on the goaling. So rather than admit they made an error and do the right thing, they come out with a 3x multiplier that sounds great in theory but in... — read more 

is it really closing!!!

I have applied for many jobs that don't require the shot and figured I'd list the companies I decided not to pursue in case anyone wants to apply. Also figured some no-shot job boards might be useful for some folks so posting that also. Jobs I... — read more 

It is clear to me that nothing will get better when I see who is leaving. Until recently, talented people were leaving who easily found better jobs somewhere else, and now even those who, despite the lack of great talent were doing well here, are... — read more 

Is it just me or did Chuckie look particularly sleep deprived during this week's Check-in?

For those convinced Cisco is the only company following the mandatory vaccination path in high-tech, here goes: "Google employees who haven’t been vaccinated could be put on forced leave and then let go from the company if they fail to follow its... — read more 

Recently moved to HPE. I like it. Has some of the same big company slowness challenges, but none of the Cisco toxic culture problems. Morale is good. Engineering has a great deal of influence in the company. Technical contributors are really... — read more 

Is the board. The buck stops with them, and none of them have any relevant experience.

https://www.drucker.institute/2021-drucker-institute-company-ranking/

The California legal issue was just a POC. Cisco is about to launch a Vaccine Caste System based on how important you are to the company, how vaccinated you are, and if you are an untouchable (dirty unvaccinated persons). Cisco is building an... — read more 

Now that the unvaccinated get to keep their jobs, Cisco's ELT is likely contriving a scheme to axe the 10% it had expected to depart. Who thinks they won't resist the temptation to lay off those with rejected exemption claims? It would be blatant... — read more 

"Employers can also require employees to use vacation during an employer shutdown, so long as reasonable advance notice is given (which in general should be at least 90 days). [See Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) Memorandum from Donna... — read more 

I don't believe there is anyone who, after Cisco, hasn't found a job yet or has had bad luck and ended up in an even worse company? You have to be really unlucky for that happen.

At least in my case, all efforts to try to get promotion through hard work and engagement were in vain. The more I worked, the more work I got, but I wasn’t promoted. Now I don't even want to try anymore. Until I get out of here, I'll only work the... — read more 

I have something important I need to tell you. I anticipate it will result in my receiving a barrage of angry e-mail from Cisco accusing me of being fork-tongued, but Cisco’s hateful pleas misqueme pretty much all who encounter them. What I am about... — read more 

enough said. why does cisco keep pushing this cr@p

Now we need to address the mandatory PTO that has been increased. Many had vacation plans that depended on those days. Not everyone has a huge stash of PTO file away.

They are trying to hide the epic failure of whatever the he-l Teams Week was by trying to make an even larger dumpster fire. That's why they haven't suspended or revoked the mandate while court systems have shut it down and so many other companies... — read more 

The vaccine poker game is over at company and country levels. Enough of the forced participants are done with being asked to play. The one thing this game succeeded in was dividing even more, and already divided country and company. Just another... — read more