Over the last 2 years I have seen an increase in "requests" to work early, after hours, and weekends. There's an expectation to reply to emails on PTO, sick days, and carry laptop on vacations if something urgent comes up. And these aren't long... — read more 

The levels of ignorance are astounding.

Especially since the last round of layoffs. We lost a few people on our team and the workload has remained the same. It's too much.

Cisco always ask for honest unbiased feedback. This forum is doing just that. Deep insights from trenches and people that should matter. Is Cisco listening or watching? Comment if you know this forum & opinions matter to Cisco, and changes ahead. ... — read more 

Long live Cisco. Amen. And if your last day is April 15, good luck and god bless. I’m with you, literally and figuratively.

This is very relevant for anyone working at a publicly traded company on corporate strategy frameworks. Organizations and Conferences Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite... — read more 

Ki-l AOV and align CX to drive actual revenue growth or ARR. ARR growth will automatically drive adoption. This includes all revenue streams i.e., S/W, TS and AS. We have created 2000 plus people SUCCESS organization supporting a fake... — read more 

Logically, this means management and executives should destroy it

This company has so much middle management bloat. If there’s more than 1 layer between direction setters (ie SVPs) and line managers, you have bloat and increased confusion. Decisions take longer. Decisions are less coherent. You’re adding... — read more 

I saw this in another forum: April 15th is the next round of layoffs. This is also the last day for folks impacted on Feb 15th. Also read where part of the Splunk acquisition outlines Cisco cannot layoff Splunk employees for 36 mos. Anyone else... — read more 

I watched the mandatory Splunk training.

Seems like common so are we really cleaning house if rumours can be believed

The Boeing CEO is out. Time for Chuckles to depart. He wrecked the company's culture much like what happened at Boeing. Nothing but presenting good figures for the quarter matches. This needs to stop.

If I decide to leave Cisco, and give them a last date, do all the RSUs that vest until then still remain mine or are they taken away ? Also, is there a chance of any accelerated vesting for RSUs that would vest in a few months after ? I suppose not... — read more 

Dear friends in the UK I understand it is likely you were notified today my thoughts and prayers Please remember this is not on you as an individual, you sadly are the victim of ineptitude in SF

The gross part is that many managers think they are the key to the business, when the actual heavy lifting is done by the ICs. Their "challenging management job to make difficult decisions" requires no skill, and can be done by just anyone. When... — read more 

Cisco has great employees but there's not much we can do when the leadership is bad and all the directives that come from the top only serve to reaffirm their incompetence. This company could thrive once again if we could get the right people to lead... — read more 

With the cyclic LRs and other cr@p, and quite frankly comical rhetoric to 'bring your authentic self to work', there's just one thing that would actually help... Cisco need to create a culture where more employees actually looked forwards to getting... — read more 

Managing people is lot easier than doing actual work, and dealing with irate customers and account team. Employees see becoming manager is getting a secured job with least stress. Do most agree? How do managers see their jobs - more money... — read more 

Trying to get a copy of some past paystubs which I had a copy of, I must've deleted them from my email at somepoint.

WebExitMeeting WebExodus

I wanted to know 1- When is the last day for people who were laid off on Feb 15 and 2- when does people's name disappear from CEC? and 3- is it different if you just quit and not get laid off? Would you disappear from CEac immediately? If anyone can... — read more 

What's happening to Cisco is nothing new and likely the same behavior within any large corporation. Regardless if you're a For-Profit, Non-Profit or Not-for-Profit company, greed (and sometimes power) will always be the #1 objective. If you have to... — read more 

The issue I have with Cisco is how they claim to be so ethical. However in one quite well known case an exec had a complaint raised against him. Cisco have a no revenge policy but the person who made the complaint was LR’d. Turned out the exec had... — read more 

Psychiatric Issues and Cisco. Sorry for my poor English. I am a former employee of Cisco Spain (Europe). I started working at Cisco in 1996 and was let go in 2023. Reasons? I don't know. But that's not the point. The issue is the mental health of... — read more 

I’m amazed at how many people who were LR’ed are blaming DEI or think they’re targeted for being a white guy. Seriously you think any company really cares or is really doing anything to help DEI effectively? Stop the whining. Reality is we have laws... — read more 

We frequently fire employees and create toxic environment

Crazy and toxic atmosphere in teams

Constant fear of LR s is making the teams so toxic.

Mostly everyone wants to relax for 6 months and leave with lots of cash

No work and mostly everything moved to India just some left overs. One year down the line no work

Total package: 450k

Software engineers currently navigating the job market, could you provide insights into the current employment landscape? How challenging is it to secure a position in the software industry at this time?

It’s one of the costly mistakes Cisco will remember for ages

Question for everyone. I just started back at Cisco again a few months ago and a role opened up that is a grade higher than mine. Am I allowed to move roles before a year is up? I’ve heard yes and no

I haven’t found anything after one year. I hear the average time for finding a new job after layoff is 6 months but I am doubtful. Me: 52 y/o male, 27 yrs in tech mostly on the software side with about 2 y sys admin back in the day when that was a... — read more 

Next big announcement as per J2. We will soon be unstoppable!!!