Does someone know? Already 1 month has passe since the LR's....

Never worked for a company that didn't give raises every year. Weird.

Cisco is planning to lay off 20K outright in Aug 2017 and another 10K spread out over FY18. That will take total headcount reduction to 30K. Cisco Is anticipating atleast 5 to 8 Billion USD in savings per year and Cisco will spend more than $1... — read more 

It's almost the end of the fiscal. Anyone hear anything positive about bonuses?

I joined Cisco with OpenDNS acquisition two years ago. A year ago we were not affected directly by any layoffs - we only saw some people being let go in the old-Cisco group we were working with. But yesterday our exec by mistake sent an email to the... — read more 

You have an "employment at will" agreement with Cisco, assuming you are in the US. It is NOT illegal for you to update your resume and social network profile, start reaching out to friends and family regarding opportunities. It WOULD be ideal for you... — read more 

Since we already had one recently the chances look slim. But then it depends on Q4 outlook as well. What are you hearing within your teams?

Our BU mgr here in SJ got the boot today, he was a 2nd line mgr with 17yrs at CSCO. Oh boy, things don't look good. I will quit tech for good if I get LR'ed this time. I would rather be a chicken farmer or a grease monkey than having to go through... — read more 

My team know that we will be targeted soon and I keep hearing 2 things around me : "Update my resume now ?" "No it is way too early until I know the next LR financial details" "Sending application to have a backup job and be confident about the... — read more 

Does Cisco HR count the period of continuous employment only + Age or if you are LRd and rehired then your count starts again from the day of rejoining to calculate Age+Tenure criteria for let go?

I must be missing something. Cisco annual hunting season opening soon and like always I have not seen much anxiety on this forum. Either people have given up considering no point in speculating as this is the part of life in Cisco and no matter who... — read more 

Does that mean there wont be layoffs this year? If Arista can't sell in the USA, Cisco will be making a tones of dough selling switches. Logic makes sense? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-scored-victory-over-major-004653739.html

I was wondering what is a Grade 9 minimum to maximum range and how long does it take for someone to bump up a grade? Location in SJC. The numbers I've seen are not really solid. I guess no one knows...

When do we know (in the USA) if we get a year end bonus or not?

Sure there are Layoffs, and to a certain degree, yes, that's business. BUT the frequency and - having just been throuh the experience again in my site - MANNER in which they are carried out are in my opinion not just business. The frequency smells of... — read more 

Cisco's recently published three to five year growth targets failed to impress on all levels. Revenue is expected to drop around 5 percent on annual basis by the end of fiscal 2017, mostly due to competition kicking our behind lately. With revenue... — read more 

Heard that LR has already started in the Middle East ! Is it true? Anyone knows numbers? and countries?

Is the Jerusalem NDS office closing? I heard the sad news about the former black hat team and Haifa office. Regardless, my condolences to my many friends in Israel if you are dismissed by Cisco. It was apparent to me from their $5Billion US purchase... — read more 

Perhaps in 3 weeks we'll hear rumblings about the annual LR festival coming.

I am glad things are good for you. They were for me for many years until the 1:1 meeting popped up. See how you feel about all of this when you are 50+ and get walked out the door. Look around and see how many 50+ people are in IC positions.

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Cisco-Systems/113035.htm

While most American companies let employees enjoy the four day weekend, Cisco made it's American employees work today. You think this would slide in other countries?

Lots of rumours, anyone know anymore?

Does Cisco have a department dedicated to writing fake reviews? The reviews look rather suspicious

After years of extremely poor HR & BU management destroying xNDS legacy, finally our SPVSS FR office will be closed this year ! Thanks ! Now we want big time money from your pocket Cisco !!! Give to your puppet YL every €€€ we ask for :) => not only... — read more 

What's the max pay for grade 10 software engineers and grade 11 tech leads in SJ? Just the base salary.

Big Day Imminent? From messages circulating it appears so and numbers look significant

Just wondering if anyone has heard anything yet and whether I should bother making backup plans?

Cisco culture has evolved into middle school or high school style popularity contest. The team of mental giants which decided that a company could be ran without formal performance reviews should be awarded a medal for being able to actually enable... — read more 

"But computing could yet become much more centralised, leaving less space for Cisco to knit things together. Big cloud providers will also try to get into the business of managing and automating networks. And Cisco has a mixed record of implementing... — read more 

Seriously asking. Please use this post to answer the question; there are enough existing posts to rant on the negative.

Anyone had a discussion with their manager about the chopping block (sometimes called the 9-block)? Had one here in the UK recently and was given a bit vague along the lines of needing to move to the top left. Does anyone know how these things are... — read more 

Anyone hear what the final casualty count from March was for SPVSS in Lawrenceville ? I'm hearing 150 or more. Is that accurate ?

I read a lot of posts here blaming Flip or NDS or choose your failed acquisition for the woes of Cisco. I also read posts about outsourcing as another root cause. All of these are a sideshow. The real issue that has driven the decline of Cisco in its... — read more 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracles-stock-surge-sends-analysts-scrambling-to-boost-targets-2017-06-22 Oracle seems to be making money from it's cloud offers. Even if it's just moving people from OracleDB on prem to hosted DB, it's still... — read more 

Someone knows? Waiting to TG...

16 year Cisco vet (left a year ago for greener pastures nothing to do with an LR) but came across this article that reminded me what I love about the company that I just caught the tail end of in 99... — read more 

I've never understood why Cisco has moved so many employees (management & non-management) from India to the US. What is the motivation to do so ? Is it cost savings ? How ? or are these exceptional managers & engineers that had to be retained ? — read more