You heard it here first. Public Sector to be dealt largest LRs in history in the February layoffs. Entire teams will be eliminated for BDUs, CX, Marketing. Best news is that Public Sector SLT will also be hit, eliminating the tremendous waste caused... — read more 

Just asked because of all the chatter flying around about Feb 10th layoffs and a 10% cut. Very reasonable. Unless ...

January 20, 2025 Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their... — read more 

I was expecting to see Chuck with Trump yesterday. 500B infrastructure deal and Cisco is not a major player. Cisco needs a piece of that pie.

I feel like I’m running on empty, caught in this constant cycle of pressure and stress. I just can’t keep pushing through like this. It's all becoming way too much, and I’m honestly just exhausted from the mental and emotional weight. If the job... — read more 

I heard Eng is going to start at least 2 day RTO, can anyone confirm?

It's hard to imagine but it's happening. Folks are crossing their fingers, hoping to be on the layoff list. That’s how bad it is at Cisco. The atmosphere is so toxic that sticking around feels worse than being cut loose. People are seeing getting... — read more 

How is it work for Splunk in the EMEA? A recruiter just reached out to me. The benefits don’t sound exciting but wanted to know what the thoughts of Splunk folks are. Thank you.

I heard they are shutting down

This product is complete vaporware! So sick of the BU promising dates then pushing them!

There will be some LRs in February but the bigger LR is coming at start of FY26. Area, Operation and Region consolidation which will result in LRs at every level. AVPs, ODs, RMs, AE, SEDs, SSEMs, SEMs, and SEs will be impacted. There are way too... — read more 

Cisco ELT (Executive Leadership Team) simply drank their own AI-tainted Kool-aid. They used ChatGPT, got excited, and extrapolated the perceived benefits into personal gain. They are still doing this. "AI Pods" and "AI Networking" have given way to... — read more 

India Business Blog With Donald Trump's swearing-in approaching, both US employers and foreign workers are preparing for possible changes to the contentious H-1B visa program. According to a recent Newsweek report, many US companies are choosing to... — read more 

Ant tip how to list their names?

Hybrid Worker Bundle is it worth it? and do I have to return the devices (Are they in the system) when I leave Cisco? All the best!

Literally managers - engineers competing such a worst environment. Hope they will be gone sooner

Staying here means no future:P

Why create un-necessary & time expensive pulse surveys when managers and HR could just read posts here.

Looking to change my role here but most open jobs says "on-site". Same on LinkedIn. What's going on? I thought they were promoting remote work?

everyone ready to hear FK refer to you as "team" 100x times and talk down us all like we're children? Company morale would improve if they just cancel the FK and CR monthly show.

Ex-Cisco here. I used to have Meraki gear in my home. When I left I lost access to the cheap licenses, so I switched to Meraki Go. Just very recently I found out that Cisco has announced EOS/EOL for Meraki Go. Under the announcement in the Meraki... — read more 

Posted by an ex-Meta employee: "Contrary to whatever odd beliefs people may have, folks fearing for their job aren't infinitely more productive the more you threaten them. It strips people of dignity." Meta has nothing on Cisco. Cisco has been... — read more 

What is the product? Seriously what do i buy? ANother suite of applications / hardware?

How many useless meetings do you have to sit through during a single week? So much of it is completely useless. Why, why do I need a 1:1 with my manager every single week? Spoiler alert, I really don't! I'm getting so tired of wasting my time while I... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-performance-cuts-mark-zuckerberg-memo

Share your xp.

Not much difference in pay from grade 11 to 12 (in USA), but many who get promoted, find themselves expecting to produce much more that leads to lower IPF, few have been LRed. Should one accept Grade 12 or just hang my hat with Grade 11, and be glad... — read more 

With a bang

Amazon recently “scrubbed” webpages titled “Equity for Black people” and “LGBTQ+ rights” from its “Our Positions” section on its website. Will Cisco follow suit with abandoning marxist polices of Discrimination Exclusion and Indoctrination and move... — read more 

Long time working at Cisco, I have seen many not so good individual contributors (IC) taking this FLM route to get promoted and become a manager. IMO this was the best route for these folks, else they would be out of a job soon doing the same not so... — read more 

It’s in the process. Announcement in Feb. Pretension of consultation emails and associated song & dance farce including crocodile tears and “Change is the only constant” BS till April, and then the chop. CP and DM had demanded names prior to the... — read more 

Apparently a new role has been created… to once again secure the job of certain „well connected“ people? ... or why is there now for example suddenly a COO role for EMEA?!

Cisco was once a leader in M&A as well as Innovation. Now M&A replaces Innovation at Cisco and we can't even do a M&A right anymore either. BroadSoft was mentioned, and it had so much potential at Cisco, and did well for a few years, now Calling is... — read more 

It won’t help. You can work your a-s off, and they’ll still kick you to the curb. Cisco is like any other big corporation - you are just a number, and when your time is up you’ll be gone regardless of your value. To avoid regretting the extra effort... — read more 

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/cisco/salaries/software-engineer/levels/principal-engineer The link above shows Half Million? Is it true? Cisco principal engineer get paid this much?

The H1B visa program is designed to bring skilled workers to the U.S., but the hiring process for these workers needs to be streamlined for efficiency and integrity. Verify Authenticity of H1B Candidates: Companies should ensure that H1B... — read more 

Don’t ever get sick or need medical assistance in the US. Healthcare here is a joke and Cisco just made it worse by switching from Cigna.