Read this in Fran's tone "Team, we know how this [news] is hard to some of you but as you know at Cisco we're a family... {proceeds to smile}"

Good luck to all, no one is safe.

When you reach G10 does that mean you get stock every focal cycle? I started at a G6 and now a G8 and have gotten stocks a couple times during focal but not every time. Not a lot of course. Didn't know if this is just because manager didn't have a... — read more 

Looking forward to the numbers as they should be ok. Don’t expect it to be below or above analyst projections. Future forecast will be the key indicator to listen for.

Bracing myself for the infamous consultation emails. After the stress of waiting for the LR news, now another wait of 4-6 weeks while those poison penned, often grammatically challenged emails start pouring in. I wish they’d just do what they do in... — read more 

I hope everybody knows this by now. The only smart move - unless you're close to retirement - is to look for a job at a company that does not have a doomed future. I know many might think Cisco is too big to fail, but with this leadership in charge... — read more 

I know it's stupid to ask financial questions on an anonymous forum, but I want to see what people reply with. If you received RSUs last year in Nov, are you selling any, or all, of the 1/3 of the shares that vest in Nov, or are you going to hold... — read more 

Cisco earnings call tomorrow 4:30pm (EST) & 1:30pm (PST) for west coast folks… News is forecasting 4k+ impacted with next LR. Prayers to all impacted…

Is this the standard or expected timeline? All clear by Thursday EOD?

I can’t stop thinking about the potential layoffs and find myself checking this site more often than I’d like. Since Friday, I've struggled to stay focused, but perhaps my mind is subconsciously bracing itself for the challenges ahead . The... — read more 

When will the Health insurance stop ?

Assuming we don't get laid off tomorrow, and do receive our offer letters with down-leveling: can you give us more advice than "run" or start looking for a new job? Which we will. The $2000 sign on bonus is for the benefits they cut form us, part of... — read more 

What the title says!

Does anyone have any overall metrics of how many people have been LR'd, in total, since our fearless leader has been in charge? How about also the number of LR events? Disgusted. How does this "leader" stay in power?

How is the job market right now? Anyone has any clue? Lil worried about the layoffs. Not able to focus on work.

It all looks almost like the staged drama by Cisco. Why can’t they be more responsible and mature about announcing and conducting layoffs? We have lives, families, bills to pay, plans.

As the Day of the Long Knives unfolds, share your managers' word-salads/stories in this thread ...

I know we all know what’s coming. I’m just surprised the monthly beats isn’t scheduled? Do you know when they’ll address earnings/the LR?

reposting this, it's a good thread: If the past is, in any way a predictor for the future in this case, it should be preceded by an earnings call (more precisely a missed earnings). I expect this time the things to be rushed a little bit as they... — read more 

Source below (RTP, The News & Observer) Cisco plans to lay off thousands of additional workers this year, according to a Reuters report, in what will be the third significant round of jobs cut at the company in the past 24 months. Citing... — read more 

Does anyone have info as to what the current layoff package is at Cisco? I have a few friends who came over from Splunk and are wondering as layoffs were not really a thing at Splunk.

Praying for my Cisco family Remember this isn't personal rather we sadly suffer the consequences of idiocy at the top This job is a small part of you, next to your friends, family and hobbies

If you are concerned with being LRd you may want to remove any scheduled PTO from workday before it hits. If you don't and lose access you won't get paid for it if the system logs it as taken. You can always reinstate it later if needed.

Chipotle guy would have been a step up for CSCO. Ex fry cook i hear!

Here is the news: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cisco-lay-off-thousands-more-second-job-cut-this-year-sources-say-2024-08-09/

Long time Cisco here. I feel like Cisco destroyed themselves. Have any of you ever worked with Mikrotik gear? Amazingly inexpensive. Highly easy to use. Command line is pretty much linux. The GUI management tool works on an app or a browser. ... — read more 

I've joined six months ago. I'm thinking I might be sc--wed if that's the case.

News has begun to filter down to the rank and file in HR that a majority of the upcoming LR actions will be initiated via AI. Email notifications will be generated and delivered via AI, with first line questions handled via AI chat. Escalations will... — read more 

Seeing goodbye notices on LinkedIn today.

Cisco has been taken over by bean counters who don’t really understand what we do, how we do it and why customers buy from us. A great example of this is Cisco CX operating in its own bubble as a standalone profit centre with leadership obsessively... — read more 

I have no intentions of sticking around to fulfill their fantasies about having half the workforce doing the work that was once done by twice as many people, if not more. If anybody on my team is laid off, I'll be quitting as well. That's why I'm... — read more 

Is this true you have 21 or 45 days before you need to sign off your severance package if you are over 40 years old due to Older Workers Benefits Protections Act (OWBPA) ?

So with the layoffs in Feb, the mandated PTO to dump PTO off the books before another LR plus half bonus(prob.zero bonus in Sept), we now have the 4 year laptop refresh w employee purchase plan(ha ha ha ha) now 2nd LR. I’m trying to think what’s... — read more 

No manager communication, no official layoff status change, right? You can only delay, not change the outcome… BUT if notification date is delayed, you get extra days added till the actual notification. Turn off mobile devices, PC, Internet, no... — read more 

https://boredbat.com/american-workers-are-stuck-in-place-because-everyone-is-too-afraid-of-a-recession-to-quit

It just boggles my mind when Cisco says we won’t lose the AI transformation. Their strategy is to convince enterprises (Who have already gone to the cloud -i.e. Missed once) to build AI infrastructure on UCS and their ethernet platform. Firstly... — read more 

With AI/GenAI advancement in Cisco, why do they need recruiters just to communicate the rejection since hiring manager has already decided whom to onboard. Increase the productivity of HM and recruiters by auto-sending the rejections to all... — read more 

After Maria's exit, It is all ELT blame game and power hunger. Why the poor engineers and lower grades have to be the victim of this war ? Because of mgmt. politics, If they unable to protect these non-mgmt employees then these employees should... — read more