Just heard from EC on the CX All Hands, people from the GSSO what was so bad about her? I know there were som complaints. She seemed alright on the call right now.

Is it a common practice at companies to make employees take PTO for shutdown? It's crazy to me that between July and Dec this year Cisco is forcing us to use two weeks of PTO when they don't have that generous of a PTO policy to begin with. How do... — read more 

For 9 years. You won’t get anything bozo.

Its a piece of garbage. Whoever made that decision to acquire it, please fire them.

What is going on with CSCO? Massive decrease last Wednesday - why? and decrease ongoing today. Seems like investors are mistrusting the AI propaganda?

Anyone else thinks the new directory is a pile of sh*t... who designed and approved such garbage upgrade? It takes atleast 2 tries for the page to load with gazillion of redirects, blank pages like wtf...

Why is SBG so chaotic and toxic?

how ai ppt digestion going on at CL'24? make sure overheads learn something by spending each $5K corp money !!!

Splunk and AI has taken over Cisco CX delivery, and many CX managers would soon be obsolete and get cut. Q4 earning day is on target for next rounds of job cuts. Both GES and SP is on target to cut headcount and could see huge cuts.

there are more people in the mgmt role including BDMs, Managers, PMs, Directors etc in Cisco who stop engineers to build better products. I seriously don;t understand why they put so much effort to stop us building better products ? why ? why ?... — read more 

I’m hoping there is. But I suspect it would be better to evacuate this sinking ship. It’s so sad to watch a mediocre mgmt running company to the ground. It’s almost like that’s been the intention all along.

Chuck and his weak management team has ZERO credibility with the investor community

What’s the future of N9K, ACI looking like with the exit of the VP for PM and TME teams?

Is he as bad in front of customers as he is in internal meetings?

Why not Cisco ELT and HR looking into the Directors with less than 8 direct reports ? Those directors should be fired and consolidate the head count. It looks like a total filth crunching investors money and laying of engineers sincerely working on... — read more 

Someone was laid off after discovering that a known account manager engaged in activities that violated the business code of conduct . The LR’ed person reported this to the legal department, but apparently, it was not pursued further, and instead... — read more 

Can you do it? I posted the same question in another thread here but that seems to the older and it has gone dormant. There some say they formatted their SDD. Is that possible ? I never tried to enter the BIOS of my laptop to see if there are any... — read more 

After LR'd , one of the most challenging aspects has been the strain on some of my friendships. It's disheartening to see some of my closest friends distancing themselves, seemingly more interested in boasting about their career successes or... — read more 

I know that you won't be able to access anything within Cisco other than Webex and Email. Are you also locked out of your computer ? Is the local access restricted in any way ? I would like to be able to use my laptop till I buy myself a new one. For... — read more 

Any news on that? Some teams are being informed

What's the over/under on how long will it take for Gary and Fran to get into a shouting match on camera on the next Beat? I've got 5 minutes. The coming culture clash is going to be tremendous entertainment. I've stocked up on a lot of popcorn. — read more 

Hope and change ala Cisco?

And Chuck.

Walked into the lobby at RCDN and there was a sign: Welcome Splunk Partners. Lobby was filled with smiling millenials. They were all so American, so... white. Poor devils. As soon as Pooshart and Sukdheep get a management spot in their group... — read more 

I was laid off recently from Cisco and enrolled in RMAP to continue with my insurance policy including medical, dental and vision. But now after about a month being on RMAP, my medical bills are not getting covered by RMAP. Cisco benefits tells me... — read more 

Today’s announcement that EC is leaving (pushed out) GSSO is a breath of fresh air. Her Engineering partner (TS) needs to go also. These 2 have damaged GSSO more than any competitor could have. Their decisions have put us on a decline that it will... — read more 

No more AOV or V2Mom, well done! Wonder what will happen to the army of of people propagating that nonsense and the leadership that supported it? Fingers remained crossed! Great start eliminating complete and utter nonsense!

Why are we seeing Meraki only for SMB This is a joke

Do they explain why you are considered redundant and why you?

They just hired people in our team in other regions of the country. Since we all work remote it is more a matter of salaries than geographical distribution. Can they pretend that they are still in LR mode after they hired just months ago? If it is... — read more 

Who fires you HR, your manager or it could be anybody on your chain of command?

Is your manager who is giving you your package details? If you need to negotiate that, should you bring it up when he or she is sharing the bad news with you or you talk to HR?

A path to safety, away from rigorous customer delivery/sales bi--hing, and provides an easy retirement life.

Gary Steele's appointment as the "go to market" leader following Cisco's acquisition of Splunk signals a strategic move that may indicate he is being groomed for the CEO position at Cisco. Here are several reasons why Gary Steele could be seen as the... — read more 

Starting to hear rumors that Liz is looking deep at non revenue impacting roles and seeing if headcount is necessary in those roles…shaping up to be an interesting time

Didn’t expect him to just spout empty aphorisms. Hopefully he gets better as he dives in.

https://www.wsj.com/business/highest-paid-ceo-2023-charts-0d65be3b?mod=hp_lead_pos8 CR is ranked 27 . 31.84 $ Million

Despite Cisco's Q2 double beat and its fiscal year guidance exceeding Wall Street's consensus, the stock still fell by 8 points since the earnings report. How and Why?

Why did things go so bad in last one year?

Should go something like this: Cringe Chuck intro with Gary Fran taking about woke Initiatives Scott explaining why Y/Y decline in revenue is actually good Random ELTs explaining why other ELT members are amazing 5 minutes for curated... — read more