Hearing of lots of LR activity still going on around the world and some fresh reports of Q2 LR's but can anybody confirm if all these still fall into the initial 5500 originally announced or have we surpassed that now and through some PR and... — read more 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ciscos-former-head-engineering-getting-004407071.html Cisco formally released Patel's termination letter on Thursday, detailing the financial terms of the exec's exit. That includes: $1,041,250 in severance pay (he gets... — read more 

Being on urgent leave, sick or regular PTO, can those delay the termination date?

Any info on which groups and locations are going to be targeted in the 2nd round LR?? My team in EMEAR was massively impacted in the Q1 LR and I am wondering if the already impacted teams will be revised again or is it going to hit other groups who... — read more 

http://www.californialaborlawattorney.com/has-cisco-been-accused-of-age-discrimination

They might not be able to protect Data, but they apparently can Travel in Time as it's not the 3rd yet (at least in the US) November 3, 2016 Dear John Doe: WHAT HAPPENED As part of Cisco’s commitment to trust and transparency, we are writing to... — read more 

Just the other day, 70% of all employees received a salary raise. I'm guessing now that those who were layed off in these days didn't get one. Now it gets even more interesting: I'm guessing now further that those who didn't get a recent salary raise... — read more 

with the exit of CTO, heard lot more people are getting laid off. The 4 that i know are coming from engineering side. Also, heard the rumours of 14k people from past is true, just that they are doing in phases Please share if you know more or are... — read more 

This ... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/steve-jobs-knew-tim-cook-would-kill-apples-innovation-terry

A new trend has undoubtedly emerged; get rid of the older, pricier employee that has been around for a decade and replace them with a contractor, H1B or college new hire. Even though I will probably be impacted in this next LR (manager put a random... — read more 

I wondered if others are in the same position .. I was hit in the uk in the most recent yearly Cisco layoff cycle, won't go into specifics but Cisco are quibling wording in my goal sheet. They seem to just want to pay the agreed settlement and see... — read more 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/cisco-hires-roland-acra-as-senior-manager-for-data-center-unit-1478019700 Was there really nobody else out there in Silicon Valley that could have taken this job? Do we really need to keep hiring the same handful of people... — read more 

I was impacted during Q1 and it’s been good to see other people’s views on this forum.. I disagree with some comments but also affirmed by many others (it's not just me!). I wanted to share some thoughts if I may.. Before Cisco I was laid-off from... — read more 

Update us with LR info

I have heard minimum 3 years to promote from G8 to G10 and G6 to g8 in Cisco. true ? is rule different for manager people why ?

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Is TAC the new low cost call center of the world?

I watched the first handful of Cisco Beats on Cisco TV. I 've passed on the last two and never plan to watch another one.....ever. The content is less and less meaningful and the phony hype is increasingly nauseating. Even more troubling is the... — read more 

How is the job search coming along?

I am curious to know what kind of options were awarded to average software engineers at insiemie prior to acquisition. Did almost all employees strike it rich or was it the usual MPLS? I heard even an average guy made $1million..to me thats a lot of... — read more 

I've been a Grade 8 for almost 4 years but not had a payrise in over three years. I have no idea what the pay range is for my grade. How do people find out what the range is? Ive asked my manager but he says he doesn't know. Something I find... — read more 

Did the raise shut you up? Are you happy now? Will you not care of the people who will be affected next week? I called these the bandaid raises.

I am 100% positive that I will be laid off in the coming weeks. In preparation, I've been interviewing for other internal spots and am late stage on a few. Good chance I will get an offer for one or two of these. Wondering if it makes more sense to... — read more 

Close to 80 very effective Jabber contractors in Belgrade have not had their contracts renewed by Cisco. Wonder does this mark the end of jabber? Jobs allegedly outsourced to China.

Or else, myself and others who suffered from discriminatory treatment due to age, gender, disability will a) file a class action suit, b) take it to the press which will destroy Cisco's public perception & it's precious stock price. Look what's going... — read more 

Can anyone tell us who is the hiring manager for this position R1018085 ? Which group in TS is this for ? What are the challenges here?

Allegedly 70% of workforce is supposed to get a raise or promotion this focal period. Did you receive promotion or raise? If so, share details here. I go first: raise: 3.8%

I'm planning to put my two week notice this Friday. I have been reading this site never posted on here but this one is long overdue my friends. This place is a madhouse and everyone's out for themselves zero unity no one can be trusted just sad. Good... — read more 

Hi, Does anyone have any news about Israel , specially the Jerusalem site?

Survived a number of LRs and seeing smart, dedicated and very competent co-workers effected by the last LR really bring reality home to what is Cisco is like today. Morale is very low and everyone is just keeping busy or attach themselves to... — read more 

There is a lot of talk going on for Kevin Bandy 7 Monetization model as if it is going to bring in new revenue for Cisco. As it is the salvation Cisco needed. It is something adpated from an useless model McKinsey has been distributing to many... — read more 

How many are impacted ?

Why are for some new hires Cisco IDs around 300.000 and for others around 800.000?

Thoughts? http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2016/10/19/cisco-cdo-reins-in-autonomy-of-business-units-as-company-shifts-to-digital-environment/

Top management is moving quick to reduce footprint in datacenters, labs, and other key infrastructure facilities. RTP received notices.

Currently weighing job offers (two from cisco, few from some other companies). Within Cisco, I am being offered: Business Systems Analyst (within IT organization) Network Engineer (within services organization) Which of these two positions would be... — read more 

I was just told by my manager, that I will be promoted during the next round (in the next few weeks). Coincidentally, today was last day for few ppl laid off in our office, including my two good friends. Overall, they laid off four people with the... — read more 

I am befuddled given the huge amt of messaging that csco should become a "sw company" and make money off "cloud model", subscriptions but do not see what should be our top5 products in that space who(which BUs) are going to build them in what... — read more