Which groups are being impacted?

How someone who has ZERO impact to the acceleration or growing a sale makes 100's of thousands of dollars a year is shocking! Shareholders should be at Chuck's front door with torches and pitchforks. Every heard of MONEYBALL? Replace RM, Dir and... — read more 

ELT is still not aware, listening or just ignoring massive headcount reductions

I already see it happening in CX, red badges are vanishing both off-shore and on-shore. Acquaintances from other orgs see this as well.

I sure as he-l hope they will finally cull bloated mid mgmt and top. OK, fine, some of us must go as well. But if layoffs are again wholesale by the numbers and not based on the actual strategy, the effect will be zero if not negative. Unfortunately... — read more 

There are rumors circulating big cuts coming due to Splunk acquisition Can anyone confirm?

https://ir.tyson.com/news/news-details/2024/Former-Cisco-Systems-Technology-Executive-Appointed-to-Tyson-Foods-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx I expect some to start suffering from food poisoning soon

Stock will tank to less th 30 It’s gone

Is it true that in coming 6/12 months cisco will release all the on-site contractors (red badges) from US locations. Cisco will be hiring same in Cisco Banglore/Stockholm/Dubai

Is any of it true? Can we expect a big round or not? With all the news and a lot of gossip, I really can’t tell if there is any truth to it or it’s just elevated fear.

With the new guidelines and useless requirements being sent out by Sr Leadership they will ki-l the SE org off and have nobody left.

Enough said!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ar-AA1ojMRh Recession looms as AI automation replaces low income workforce

For the heck of it, I looked at about 10 other companies on this website and Cisco has about 5x more posts than the next closest company…We all know this website has a ton of trolls, complainers, etc. but the fact is people are fed up of this company... — read more 

https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/05/dell-lays-off-thousands-workers-sales-reorganization/#:~:text=Dell%20Technologies%20Inc.%20is%20laying,focused%20on%20artificial%20intelligence%20services.

Is it true there is a boondoggle in progress, one week before rumored layoffs? Thought travel was banned.

They laid off so many field AM, SE, PSS etc and now one person needs to cover four people's workload. No resources, slow response make us look bad. Partners starts to look better than Cisco since they got all the resources. And the management doesn't... — read more 

I completely agree with the previous comment about the EMEA leadership clean-up. I've been working at Cisco for over eight years, and it's clear to everyone that the company isn't what it used to be. It's become a toxic environment over the years... — read more 

SKO - Is one happening this year or has it been replaced by other events? Must be a big expenditure!

To be scheduled after the earning call. It’s going down!?

Anyone able to confirm?

Cisco HR and recruiters have no work or task other than sending the rejection emails to applicants and setting up some interviews to show that Cisco is providing equal opportunity. 98% of the jobs are floated to onboard a pre-set candidate... — read more 

It’s been years since customers considered Cisco relevant to their business strategy. 20+ years ago, when corporations needed to get connected to the Internet, Cisco had a seat at the table. Because Chambers and Robbins were unable to create the... — read more 

Mgmt is not capable of doing it. Upper leadership doesn’t care - they have been treating Cisco as a personal cash cow, and all is good while it lasts. Even if there was a will and strategy, it’s too late to catch up. After waves of layoffs that made... — read more 

I was not able to login to my laptop as the message prompted me to enter bit recovery ID. I never saw this message before. With layoff discussions going on this forum, I’m worried to see such unusual things. Did anyone see this?

I wish there was somebody at Cisco management who cared about the company beyond numbers that would make them look good. Sadly, there hasn't been anybody who was looking at the big picture for a while now - and you can tell by the state of things. I... — read more 

How is Observability (FSO) doing these days? Who do think would get the proverbial axe first for overlap between Observability and Splunk employees?

And running itself to ground with toxic workplace, constantly laying offs, stock going nowhere, and technical folks talked down by managers and Directors. Once a technical giant, poor management and selfish motives has gunned this great company. ... — read more 

I can't get my week under 60 hours. I tried, but there's just too much to do and not enough time to do it. My entire team is like this. Every time there's a layoff and we lose more people, things get worse. We do get a replacement here and there but... — read more 

lots of changes in every org starting on 5 Aug.

I am Sr Mgr in Engr Team My director has asked me identify people from our unit and make a list The list is due this weekend The whole environment is pathetic and given a chance I will leave too! We have also been asked to reduce by certain $... — read more 

Anyone else received an email that an unauthorized party accessed your personal data? Not sure what I am supposed to do. I was laid off in February of this year.

Are they removing us from these plans prior or after we are getting the pink slip ?

Have not heard much about this tool any longer? Forgot the name. It was highly promoted by an SE leader a year or two ago.

Can’t say I would be awfully sorry if I’m gone from here.

Who has confirmed this? Do they have lists already? What BUs likely to be impacted?

Gary tasked to implement long overdue reorg and reduce headcount inline with declining revenues

Seeing a few posts on LinkedIn with people saying it’s their last day this week.

What is it? What products do they have? How does they help the bottom line? Seems to be some type of office of propaganda…