As reported in WSJ yesterday, the economy is headed for a major recession followed by stagflation. Will LRs accelerate as these economic events unfold or will they stay the same?

I tried logging into my business Udemy account on personal laptop, but I encountered an issue with DUO authentication. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Seeing all these posts and rumors in the company If so good riddance!! Worst tech leader ever!

Cisco Currently has 90,000 employees. Chuck is exiting Cisco and Gary Steele (former Splunk CEO) has been tasked with reducing Cisco's headcount by 50%. 2024 Y/Y Revenue was -10% The disastrous Q1 FY25 Layoff fiasco cost Cisco an entire quarter of... — read more 

52 week high :)

Does anyone know when the unused PTO is paid? I don’t see it in today paystub.

Heads to be chopped to be announced in another 2 weeks time. Consensus is around 15% of local blue badges. All the best to everyone.

𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘹 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 2.4% 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 12 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘶𝘱 3.3%. 𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2024/cisco-coo-jumps-to-aws-as-vp-of-global-sales-operations Is the mass exodus starting?

Copied from Splunk - URL below Top talent started walking out the door when Gary started. A trickle has turned into a flood as he's continued to worsen employee experience for the benefit of shareholders (not to mention lie repeatedly - redundancy... — read more 

Today is world's mental health day. Cisco is certainly one of the worst companies when it comes to mental health.

Cisco is a pretty good job. Cisco is a huge company with hundreds of products, dozens of organizations and tens of thousands employees. For Job satisfaction, the devil is in the details. If you have a good team, a good manager and a good... — read more 

What the heck is all of this mumbo jumbo about “Owning your own performance”? 😂

The big man is stepping down! Gary is the new CEO!

At one point or another, I'm sure you've felt stuck. 📉 In your development. 💼 In your career. 🌍 In your life. People think it's due to lacking effort. In reality, it's about not avoiding the pitfalls. It's vital to be aware of them. But even more... — read more 

Justice Department Secures $25 Million Landmark Agreement with Apple to Resolve Employment Discrimination Allegations Based on Citizenship Status Under the agreement, Apple is required to pay up to $25 million in backpay and civil penalties, the... — read more 

It's my understanding NC & Cisco are at will, which means I am legally not required to give any notice, it's just a professional courtesy. Is this right?

Whenever I need a good laugh, I come to this forum. If you’ve been laid off, I’m sorry, but what makes you think you were top talent? And thanks for the market analysis from those who worked in Sales or CX — with “knowledge” like that, you should... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4724424-cisco-is-too-late-to-become-a-big-ai-winner

https://insider.govtech.com/california/news/jury-finds-discrimination-in-h-1b-visa-tech-worker-case

I'll never understand why Cisco was so willing to let go of some of the company's top talent. I understand wanting to save money, but the institutional knowledge we lost with them being kicked out is going to cost us much, much more in the long run... — read more 

Who will be our next CEO? It was supposed to be GS since he sliced and diced Splunk and got us to pay far too much for it. But now that he’s in Cisco it’s clear he’s just kind of a doof. Maybe Fran?

All these all hands getting scheduled right before the cisco beat. Is Scott doing a 5 day RTO? Announcing a finance only second reorg?

My heart goes out to those recently laid off, or now looking for a transition due to the scare. We've all been there before, keep your head up the best new home for you is out there. I wanted to mention something that often gets overlooked during... — read more 

I started medical LOA 2 wks leave prior to the LR announcement. Months earlier I had made in clear to my sr leader that I'd by happy to be LR'd; so I have a high degree of confidence that when I return from LOA I will be notified I am LR'd. A Sr... — read more 

Looking at internal reqs and immediately rejected. Are LR’d folks immediately flagged as do NOT rehire?

Question to those who have quit on their own, do purchased devices have to be returned (laptop and cell phone is clear) but what about internally purchased monitor, headphones, etc.?

Crumbling the multi layers of un-productive and useless hierarchy amongst management. This will increase efficiency and remove barriers to innovation. Cisco will then be Engineers and products led company. Tough change but that’s the only way out... — read more 

If you are stressed out, and feeling like you have some type of mid-life or mental health issue during your tenure at Cisco; it is not you. It is the system. If you are feeling ongoingly terrible, can't sleep, are irritable to your family, and... — read more 

Cisco laid off so many support team and now our field sales workload is like crazy. Why they don't let go some useless directors who literally can create 10 head count for these useful people?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeetupatel_every-so-often-if-luck-is-on-your-side-you-activity-7192936026279931904-HiDf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop the greatest invention since slice bread?

Brutal cuts signal end of management era. That is what Cisco should do.

Keep your skills updated. Find the time to do it. After being laid off by Cisco, I struggled to land a similar role. I didn't realize how outdated my skills were until I started interviewing. At Cisco, I was in a centralized organization with... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/cisco-to-consolidate-bay-area-offices-shifting-employees-to-splunk-office

https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/cisco-will-consider-india-for-fabless-semicon-ceo-chuck-robbins-2/118598

Should companies that move American jobs to India be allowed to get US Government Contracts funded by the American tax payers? Seems like a National Security risk in terms of transferring technology knowledge to foreign governments. It's also a US... — read more 

Everyone I'm close to got a lower IPF this time. It's save to assume that less money was available for bonuses (and that despite a super low CPF). I hope managers will get the usual amount of RSUs for distribution among team members. Same with... — read more 

I’ve only been on board 10 months as a G11 and was not read-in on anything to do with an IPF or how it works. Mgr discussed me getting the 61% at the end of the year when I wasn’t eligible for the 25% but NEVER mentions I wasn’t getting an EOY bonus... — read more