I hear that it's all about who you know and how connect you are - would you care to chime in?

If I let my manager know I've found a new position with higher pay, is there any chance I'll be offered the same to stay here? Or anything else to compensate for the difference? I like my job. I don't want to leave but with my wife expecting our... — read more 

HEAR ALL ABOUT IT !!!! HEAR ALL ABOUT IT !!!! …. You will not want to miss this edition. First, you will get to hear that she is “The” VP. (Thankfully you will not hear how she broke the glass ceiling in her rise to the VP of Sales. If you... — read more 

Cisco used to claim they would eliminate the last auto collision. So why don't they invest? Electric car battery technology funding? Someone stole the catylitic converter from my Toyota, apparently because Toyota uses pallidium (which is... — read more 

And in general, how did you deal with favoritism in this company? Of course, this is not something that is characteristic only for this company, but here it happens more and more often that some people have special treatment while everyone else... — read more 

People copy people! There are less and less of those who boost morale and good role models to look up to. There are more and more of those who are negative role models. Recently, a man left whose positive attitude at work inspired me to do my best... — read more 

Let's save money and not fire people for no good reason???

I know people who are way too emotionally invested in Cisco and I can't understand why. The company has proven over and over again that it doesn't give a rat's a-s about you, so why would you care or worry about what's happening with the company? Do... — read more 

Nicd job cisco! 150M. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/cisco-hbcus-student-loan-debt-modern-technology-minority-institutions-2021-5%3famp

Shelly Blackburn missed BIG time in security bookings. Don’t let the earnings announcement fool you. Yes, Security was up 13% but that includes reoccurring revenue, but Security bookings were completely down and did not make plan. Of course,?there... — read more 

I hired on in 2000. Made it until LR 2017. Over that long window, I worked for (only) three great Directors who definitely pushed us, but also rewarded us with generous options and RSUs. The big difference it sounds like between then and now... — read more 

When did we become a tech company that is not led by innovation but entirely by what is deemed acceptable by our accounting department? They are the ones who make all the important decisions here and it's becoming more blatantly obvious day in day... — read more 

Instead of laying off Engineering every quarter, why not develop better hiring practices?

Giving 80k employees RSI's every year?

Our Cisco rep has been pitching Intersight like mad also. While I will admit that they have some interesting features, we will definitely not recommend it to our partners and customers. The reason is that dealing with Cisco is like dealing with a... — read more 

Management is silent Key people left Ver sad to see

What an irony. It took me long to start looking for a new job because I do not like the idea of starting over from scratch, then I got a job offer in another company and when I hesitated to accept it and give notice, I received RSU. Something similar... — read more 

And why isn’t this at Cisco?? Lol. We don’t do any original research and development that’s why. https://youtu.be/Q13CishCKXY

MM and the funky bunch are just destroying CX services, and Cisco from the inside out. Resource Profiles encourage the mile wide, superficial inch deep approach. What happen to actual experts in CX?

Something I don’t hear much about these days…Cisco’s IoT products & solutions. There was a renewed emphasis on this segment a few fiscal years ago. Are solutions like Cybervision resonating with customers? Or is just peddling more switch ports in IoT... — read more 

I was on a call with someone from Cisco's UCS sales team last week. They are touting Intersight as the best thing Cisco has ever come up with. They are saying it's a game changer that is going to knock VMware's Tanzu and Google's Anthos right out... — read more 

Heard revenue for email security is down significantly, eaten up Microsoft and Proofpoint. Cisco management has decided to reinvest in this market segment. Time to move on to areas being invested in.

Are we getting any now? When do the web letters go out?

Director leaving Lots of engineers leaving Cisco due to layoffs fear Creating too much scare among employees Pls prepare well and be ready for 2021 layoff Too much micromanagement by upper Cisco software quality degrading under new... — read more 

I'm see a lot of congratulations emails about various people in my BU. I guess this is review/promotion month ... for some. How would one know what the cycle is as there is no formal performance review program.

SE pooling coming the 18th

How hard is it to find a new position outside of Cisco as a software engineer in late 50s? I've heard that while there are plenty of available positions, people in our age bracket usually get passed over all the time. That's discouraging, to say the... — read more 

Talking about the never-ending rounds of LRs is taboo. Our SVP keeps pushing us to do all we can to attract fresh talent: blog about anything, pretend life's amazing on LinkedIn, tell friends how awesome Cisco is, rave about our #1 place to work... — read more 

i had not checked this forum in forever. I left Cisco in 2017, but close friends (a very quickly diminishing number) worked there, so I still hear about their angst. How a high tech company culture can have turned into what Cisco is today is... — read more 

I loved my job and enjoyed giving my best... and then I came to Cisco. I thought I would have a lot of opportunities to grow and improve here, however, a job I once considered ideal has turned into something I can’t wait for to end. I am absolutely... — read more 

I wonder if it will take a long time for top management to realize how bad the situation is TAC at the moment? Permanent short-staffed teams and overloaded engineers who extend sick leaves just to get out from this madness, people leaving the team... — read more 

RTP is closing, completely and quickly (this summer) Large blocks of SJC off of McCarthy (Blgs 24-25-26 etc) are being sold to Google Bedfont Lakes will be shutdown Whatever small US and EMEA field offices that remain after last year's purge will... — read more 

When was the last time they made some great decision that really brought us any good? Poor decision making comes at a tangible cost. It's not clear to me if it's their lack of vision or what, but they make some really bad business decisions. I'm... — read more 

Numbers are being crunched.

I’m going to make this short and simple. I had to watch older, seasoned employees who were mentors to many of their colleagues get laid off last year. Those experienced veterans in the company were replaced with people who had absolutely zero... — read more 

Folks who are offered package to leave Cisco, how did they handle taxes ? What are the tax implications and are there any strategies ?

So, since this derivative lawsuit has hit the fan Cisco is doing the unthinkable to be able to get their bonus and please the board. They are hiring minorities specifically black people only to fire them once they get the numbers that they need. I... — read more 

Does everyone see the writing on the wall like I do? Our portfolio and capabilities are targeted at new customers that don't have a high touch AS engagement model. The problem is there is no bridge that gives them what they need over the next 3-5... — read more 

Seriously…. It’s getting near impossible to sell switching / compute to my customers. Little tiny deals for keeping legacy stuff working. They are all going AWS for everything new. We might as well pack it in.