If I dont work this week, will my name go in the list?

Not trying to scare you, but it’s a toxic place to be in. You may not realize right away, but don’t stick around too long to find out. I’m not saying it’s a really bad place to work, but the longer you stay, the less valuable you become. Cisco’s... — read more 

Who approves the final list of employees to be laid off ? If it first line manager , director or VP?

When I was LR’d in February 2024 the week before I was notified I started having difficulty accessing certain Cisco sites. I didn’t think anything of it and just put in a ticket. IT told me to “clear cookies” then the day before I was notified I was... — read more 

I will remember fondly all my encounters with oh so competent C*sco IT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8Ln1yqeJE explains their vibe really well :)

Pls share details if anyone knows

Did anyone’s manager give any hints? Can anyone confirm there was an LR training already?

I got a meeting invite at the end of the week with my manager and their boss to review my deliverables, wondering if this is their way to see what I am working on so they know what needs to be done if I am LR. Never had a meeting with my mgr and... — read more 

How many that used to say that Cisco was just like all other employers and now finally realize that it isn't? Sure, there are other bad ones out there, but I have never worked for a company as terrible as Cisco. It su-ks that the job market is... — read more 

Get a physical, get your teeth cleaned and get your eyes checked while you still have health insurance. Cobra is so expensive and you may not be able to afford if you are LR’d and it may take a while to get a new job. We don’t know who’s on the... — read more 

Primarily to see employees sentiments and reactions (they are in management, for a reason) and often adding comments to justify Cisco LRs with their own reasoning, but mostly down voting relevant employee’s comments on current state of affairs and... — read more 

We all need to put aside our differences and realize who the enemy is. All of us are working because we have to for various reasons. The 1% is hurting all of us and pushing us further apart. The more we work together the more they seek to divide us... — read more 

I got a notification that some new login items were added to my mac. I know code42 was always there but now I see thousandeyes listed there too. Does everyone else have this, or does this mean what I think it means...

As a Security Account Executive in GSSO, it boggles one’s mind how the engineering support required for us to grow 25% is not available to us. The GSSO Engineering VP is completely clueless to what is happening in the field. Regular GSSO Engineers... — read more 

And we are somehow supposed to work this whole week as if nothing is going on?

What are the benefits reaped with TAC leadership changed from regional to global? I still see customers requesting updates for TAC who didn't come back for more than 7 days? FTS is not followed for customer impacting cases despiting escalation to... — read more 

You might find folks acting strangely, managers and directors doing things intentionally or just playing d-mb… all lead to clues of what’s coming next Monday. Share all clues. Anxiety is high, morale lowest, ELT is still celebrating while others... — read more 

The longer this lasts, the less I feel like doing anything. I know this has been said before, but I have to reiterate: prolonging this process unnecessarily is nothing but a way to get more people to walk away on their own. It's inhumane and... — read more 

I am not trying to be toxically optimistic (Cisco MO), but is it really THAT bad or is everyone here just feeding into each other's negativity? I have been at Cisco a long time and it does feel that bad to me, but trying to see if there is another... — read more 

Not really training. Just a website with resources. And a list of names. good luck to all of you having to let people go. i don't envy you at all.

Cisco's underlying flaw after the tech bust in 2000 was that its strategy was simply to put more products into the account managers' sales bag. The products were often not related to one another, and they certainly didn't integrate together. They had... — read more 

Posting for others hoping for a LR package, or for others locked in, and miserable like I was; and looking to move on. Yes, others on this site basically say, if you are unhappy; just leave. They are indeed correct. But that was incredibly... — read more 

Ya’ll I have been so worried. I’m based in SF and have been here with Splunk for just 8 months. Would I be eligible for severance even tho I have been here for 8 months only?

Seems both sinking to bottom. Which recovers faster, if at all.

Is there any situation where an employee could be denied a severance package during the September 16th layoffs for an unfair reason and just let go? I don’t trust my management, and while I know it might be uncommon, has anything like this happened... — read more 

On Sept 16 is something we know, but how will we be updated if we getting layed off?

I am in a final stage of interview. If got an offer, is this the best time to get into Cisco?

If you pass before a LR notification is officially made with your leader, will your family receive benefits?

Are Managers responsibility to inform PMs, Sales and Other members of projects team? I know few folks LRed this February and they were isolated and ghosted right after being notified. No one contacted these poor LRed people, and were wondering if... — read more 

Confirm if you took this training or were skipped being a Manager. Multiple sessions last Thursday or Friday or delayed for unforeseen circumstances? List is being guarded secretively and very few have access to it. A lot needs to happen right for... — read more 

Any news on how the package is going to be?

Two questions: when within those two months are we returning the Cisco assets in our possession? I have a laptop and a Meraki Virtual Office. The IP phone barely works anymore and it does not show in my inventory at devices.cisco.com or whatever the... — read more 

The tech and banking industry will announce more layoffs end of September making an already tight job market even worse. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/05/tech-layoffs-2024-list/ Not a great time to be looking for work.

As a longtime Cisco employee, it's hard not to feel a sense of nostalgia. The company I joined was a pioneer in networking. Cisco was a powerhouse that shaped the way the entire world connected and communicated. We were driving technology... — read more 

Discussed with a group of talented people. Below is the gist from the group of talented people. Cisco got a proven track record of regular layoffs. Google/Meta and many other companies had layoffs, but not to the extent of what Cisco did over... — read more 

Layoffs are part of business, no doubt about it. But people here have been complaining about the company's decline for years, and yet no one did anything—they just waited to be laid off. Meanwhile, top management is walking away with millions in... — read more 

Is it going to be business as usual or should we wait around until we know whether we still have jobs?

Shareholders may communicate with Cisco's Board of Directors through Cisco's Secretary by sending an email to bod@cisco.com, or by writing to the following address: Board of Directors, c/o Secretary, Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San... — read more