The axe is swinging. New org changes and leaders put in place are laughable, no vision or communication. What does this tell you about the state of things?

Seems like there is an inverse relationship between the CSCO stock price and the frothiness of the discussions here. As an example......current CSCO price is > USD $32/share. Banter here........almost none. Takeaway: Values, 'outrage' and... — read more 

I just got an invite for tomorrow 9am for an unexpected 1-to-1 with my direct manager. No details on the invite, and he doesn't reply to my emails. So I have bad feelings about that. Anyone else is in similar situation? I'm in SJC.

I wonder how long they'll be able to continue fooling the analysts about reoccurring revenues? KK was asked the question about where they were coming from and after fumbling around she said about 2/3 were from Meraki and Collaboration and the rest... — read more 

With Cisco stock hitting $32.62, I am wondering if this is the right time to offload all the Cisco stocks including the ones that have not yet met the qualifying date. What are the consequences of selling stocks before qualifying date?

Having recently left Cisco I can say it is a company in decline. I joined very recently at the tail end of the John Chambers era. He was a fantastic leader with great vision and ability to inspire. He knew how to sell and how to appreciate technology... — read more 

Its will be carnage, Bloodbath. God save Cisco. Cisco is reporting worst ever results in its 33 yrs of existence. 20K ppl to be laid off.

I heard Israel had some LRs. Anyone else heard anything? How many? Which BU?

I want to get buy some cisco options before earnings. I'm thinking they will beat like always but then guide low... What do you guys think, calls or puts? right now, I'm thinking march 17, 31 puts...

US have admitted 12 million illegal immigrants and they are adding extra burden on resources and Tax payers are supporting these illegals. Why you folks hate H1/L1's or Legal immigrants from India or China. How many Indians and chinese have committed... — read more 

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/02/10/cisco-mpls-mazzola-jain-cafiero-jiandani-pensando.html

There will be 5k gone after Q2 results. Everything is already pre'd. Welcome to the Cisco family.

I think Cisco has lost the plot. In the past 6 months I know 7 or 8 people (myself included) who have resigned - some of whom had been there over 18 years. Not one of them received an exit interview, phone call from HR or anything. No attempt at all... — read more 

Will it take off or just become another failure like the DX80? Great product but the fact you need Spark to run it makes me question if it'll take off.

Anyone hearing what orgs will be hit with February layoffs? Also, #'s assosicated with it? Or is it looking like a large August LR again?

“pattern and practice of hiring discrimination” against qualified White, Hispanic and African American applicants in favor of Asian applicants, namely Asian Indians, in the Professional Technical 1, Individual Contributor and the Product Development... — read more 

I've heard from a reliable source in HR that there is talk about reconsidering the above what's legally required redundancy packages. The reason behind it is that they've realised too many people have now given up and are just waiting for the... — read more 

Why hasn't Cisco taken a stand against the Immigration Ban? 97 companies are standing against it and Cisco isn't. WTF? Is this a "We [again] cannot make up our mind?" or Is it because the boards and councils are still thinking about it?... — read more 

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2017/01/13/justices-will-weigh-limits-on-worker-rights-to-sue-employers-n2271270

Massive layoffs coming as we are looming at Q2 results. Tough to predict how many people but initial count of 14k which was originally leaked to media will be completed with this round of layoffs. We can easily expect lot of heads to rollon

"Reuters' Stephen Nellis reported this week that ACI software itself may not be doing particularly well. Nellis said he saw documents that showed Cisco had $888 million in contracts for its Nexus 9000 switches but only $89 million for ACI. That means... — read more 

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/31/slack-signs-ibm-and-capital-one.html Funny how when Slack and its competitors are discussed, Spark never comes up. Good night sweet Prince.

https://blogs.cisco.com/csr/vote-for-cisco-csr-in-the-2017-boston-college-csr-film-festival

I started working at Cisco last June. At first it was a great opportunity but last November my team moved under a new director and things are not going as they were when I first started. My coworker moved to another BU and he has been here for 9... — read more 

There are too many posts on here stating there ars LR's all over the place. If it's not over 1000 people it's not an LR it's just human capital management. Q2 results will be poor, but there won't be a big LR then there is no point. There will be a... — read more 

Found that being a part of this organization people with glamour and show sells more than real work . 1) Most VPs and directors spend hours together in parlors and gyms then in the office. 2) Run some projects for visibility with pomp and show and... — read more 

Anyone else being turned down at the first gate when looking for a new job? I've got a solid CV and 10 years at Cisco in sales. I've been snubbed by 3 large SaaS and cloud companies following the first screening calls. One seemed very concerned that... — read more 

This is only SJ. Other sites lay off more and not disclose. http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for-7-1-2016-to-01-25-2017.pdf

Rumors are swirling that a 10% staffing cut is coming to IT over the next two quarters. Anyone else hear this? Not sure how much work we can take on from all the previous LRs not being backfilled. Workload getting insane.

Denying LR's even when they are published under California WARN act - and any other LR happening around the globe? A new low has been reached.

Why doesn't everyone affected and or angry with what Cisco, a highly profitable company, has done send Trump a Tweet, email and letter telling him how you've been affected and that Cisco is replacing American jobs with foreign workers domestically... — read more 

Another 25 got axed last week in SJ... Cisco needed the additional money to buy app dynamics... lol.. 01/13/2017 01/17/2017 01/17/2017 Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose 25 Layoff Permanent... — read more 

150+ people laid off today. Average age being 39 and the median is 41. I believe this is the same group that was LR'd over the summer. Wonder if anybody is still there or if Cisco is conceding the cloud.

Is it a good buy that compliments the Cisco offering or just another great growing company, Cisco will destroy during the intergration and with its terrible sales execution on acquisition? Is Cisco trying to play in too many areas, to the point where... — read more 

My 2 cents. With the "people deal" or as I call it the "people squeal" Cisco has severed the link between employees and their managers. There is no longer a yearly appraisal where goals are worked towards , attained, not attained or partially... — read more 

The details regarding a California court ruling last week against Cisco's motion to deny an employee's right to a jury trial should serve as a wake up call to everyone seeking employment, whether at Cisco or somewhere else. The bottom line is that... — read more