New calendar meetings, package details, team members affected & communication, WARN notice, next beat etc. Discussion on team space…internal jobs etc. Let’s share and learn together. One place for all details for what goes on in Cisco during August... — read more 

If you look at the employee count now, it is 85k. It was lower than this 6 months ago, when they did the 4k cut. The employee count has always been increasing every year. As soon the cuts are done, suddenly budget is available and big amount of... — read more 

A clueless knucklehead A vindictive no nothing knucklehead A woke vindictive knucklehead A plain old knucklehead May or may not be a knucklehead A bobble head knucklehead An invisible knucklehead

There are a couple of training materials that I would like to take with me. Usually when you attend a training you are entitled to get the training materials Used to be printed big binders, these days are HTML or PDFs or whatever They could be... — read more 

Exclusive-Cisco to lay off thousands more in second job cut this year, sources say https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-cisco-lay-off-thousands-145733209.html

Why does everyone show up stunned whenever they hear of Cisco layoffs? Layoffs are literally the first thing people think of when they hear of Cisco. And then if you make it through this round, you will show up again early next year clutching your... — read more 

Get ready this LR is going to be painful. Planned cuts targeted at Sr Managers/Directors level…

The unemployment rate is the lowest in 30 years. I have 10 people begging me to interview every week. If you are on here complaining then you need to figure out your path in life. This is not China! Anyone talking about unions doesn’t understand ... — read more 

Just before news of the layoffs hit. By design? Who can say.

Is it possible to receive RSU’s just to be laid off 2 months later?

They treat us like cattle or disposable goods. I mean you join ...you give them your best and they dispose you like expired goods Some time making a commitment to our mediocre products for a few good years means a disaster when you join the market... — read more 

If I may be permitted to make an observation, Cisco keeps saying that it is a champion of liberty and individual expression. In my opinion, statements like that blur the line between free speech and hate speech because they feed on people’s pain... — read more 

By coincidence, I’m on PTO and out of town all of next week. If I’m on the list, what should I anticipate? Will the discussion wait until my first day back or…?

Does anyone know the date they'll tell people they get the boot? I wonder if it will be next week or it will be like the one they dragged out for over a month. Band aid or long drawn out pain.

They definitely knew this was coming when they assigned the July 4th shutdown week. While I had my doubts back then that it was to burn through PTO to avoid payout, I fully see that as fact now.

We layoff 4000 while SLT boondoggles in Paris embarrassing

What are the chances of 1k eyes being targeted this round?

Cisco hunger games have begun

Looks like Cisco is planning to cut 4000+ in the second round of layoffs.

Can any of your teams realistically afford to lose even one person? I know mine can't. We're stretched thin as it is since we have lost a few people in every single round so far and they never hired anybody to help us. I think losing somebody else is... — read more 

Layoff Thousands and Burn $100M For One Hour Show-Worst CEO Ever

Thousands and thousands of job losts at legacy tech. It's sad to see this play out but there is a ton of growth in other areas. I just hope things stabilize soon.

and yet, here we are today...

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1821961513084805226

**MSN ** https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cisco-is-the-latest-healthy-tech-company-to-cut-jobs-with-4000-layoffs/ar-BB1ijBus - Cisco is reducing its workforce by 5%, amounting to approximately 4,000 jobs. The layoffs are part of the... — read more 

Scope and Impact of Layoffs: - Cisco's layoffs are substantial, involving thousands of jobs across two rounds in 2024. The first round affected approximately 4,000 employees, and the second round may involve a similar or larger number. ... — read more 

Market is up but CSCO is down on news of the layoff. They know Chuck is a one trick pony and it never works out how he says.

We need congress to step up and help out the working class. Here is my proposal: Proposed Legislation: Corporate Accountability and Workforce Protection Act" ### Purpose: To ensure that executives of large, profitable companies are held accountable... — read more 

Avoid any one-to-one with manager or in your chain, in case manager is in list as well.

That didn't take long. F this ELT .. https://www.reuters.com/technology/cisco-lay-off-thousands-more-second-job-cut-this-year-sources-say-2024-08-09/

In a toxic and corrupted Cisco culture most managers are incompetent and work for their paycheck not for the company. Anyone who cares about the company and speaks the truth gets alienated and then eliminated. There is no hope for Cisco. It is too... — read more 

The blame for this lies squarely on the shoulders of the parasitic leaders who began infecting this company 5 years ago. They have failed in their duties and on so many levels. Most importantly squandering opportunities to grow and evolve the... — read more 

Name the organization or the level of management that you think should be reduce drastically or eliminate.

If you've been at Cisco for a while and receive a decent paycheck (a hard-earned paycheck, mind you) you can consider yourself as good as gone. I'm not trying to scare anybody, but I'm in this group and while I managed to avoid layoffs so far, I'm... — read more 

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Cisco (CSCO.O), opens new tab will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the U.S. networking equipment maker shifts focus to higher-growth areas, including cybersecurity and AI, people familiar with the... — read more 

Even rumors were late to the game. I hope they’ll get me this time. I have another opportunity lined up (not 100% sure, but it’s looking good). Even without it, I can’t wait to be let go. That is not to say that I don’t feel for others. Many of us... — read more 

No such luck to avoid or to hide. Hope more managers and directors this time. Reality is sinking in. Cisco is getting every one preparing for a formal announcement. It’s out in media:... — read more 

We're looking at weeks if not months of stressing as we wait to find out where and when layoffs are going to hit. Considering that it's 4k people, it's hard to imagine that many will be lucky to see their areas unaffected. I thought major tech... — read more 

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