Chuck playing footsie with Splunk CEO Jeff saying some incomprehensible hogwash Liz talking about how great AppD is Jonathan covering up Jeetu WebEx failure Jeetu saying his usual contentless word salad about things he obviously doesn’t... — read more 

I am seeing lots of opening for Solution Engineers... Is this a new role within Cisco??

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/former-cisco-ceo-john-chambers-i-believe-hpe-will-become-a-top-ai-leader

Mark this on your calendar

How does this impact other NPM and APM solutions Cisco has absorbed prior? (AppDynamics, ThousandEyes).

Well I guess it’s too late. That $28b could have been used to fix our networking business, but instead it was flushed down the toilet.

I'm just fed up with feeling like no matter how much effort I put in, it's never good enough for my manager. It's exhausting. I've reached a point where I'm thinking, why bother even trying anymore? It's not like my work isn't good, it is. Everybody... — read more 

I read here over and over that some folks come back as contractors. Why? RSUs are a big junk of my blue-badge salary. Contractors don't get that. Why would I come back to the company that laid me off ... unless there is a huge financial... — read more 

GR12 here and willing to take a pay cut to GR8 to keep working for the next 5yrs. Over 50 w/male, so once I'm they chop me, my prospects of finding a similar role are slim. I don't want to work at walmart/home depot or other menial jobs. Will Cisco... — read more 

When I went back at 2/16/2024 my dear Cisco locked all of the doors ....

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/03/15/laid-off-techies-struggle-to-find-jobs-with-cuts-at-highest-since-2001.html

All while thousands of high performers with no arrest records are being laid off. Make that make sense. And his arrest mugshot is public.

think about it. Innovation Vacuum - Product Silos - (ELT problem - start with JD) Technical Sales overlay functions (SE,TSA,PSS etc..), each one compensated for selling product in silos, and there is army of people (P-M..) - again sales ELT... — read more 

Reading these posts of recent. Wow. Semi-retired; being asked to interview for contractor TAC gig in UCS. Old TAC from 2000s. Is it even worth considering? Looks miserable over there. Is it worth even contracting these days @ Cisco. Tell me... — read more 

Be prepared

Since Splunk deal is through so expect 10k more layoffs

First four of the SalesForce Mafia leaders taken out of their Transformation roles at CX abruptly. Is this change in people or change in strategy? Hoping the new leader listens to layers that are atleast 3-4 levels deep to get the real pulse... — read more 

Just a quick 7 min webex and a very long career is over. Even after serving my entire career, running a very large team, building software, minting $100+ Million in YOY revenue. Stuck with legacy technology knowledge no one wants in other companies... — read more 

Are team space tips picked by your manager or autogenerated? They give you the illusion they are automatic (generic message, sent same time weekly) but the content is very on point based on the last interaction with the manager.

One of my managers constantly wants to block me from using benefits the way the company lays them out in policy, and spends significant amounts of time to document things against me or just other stupid sh-t that has no value for the customer. I’m a... — read more 

Liz, CX EVP, just confirmed on her first communication to employees - she is data dependent and will soon decide 2025 budget - based on data and guts. She will soon identify multiple layers of management contributing nothing, but making a huge dent... — read more 

NVDA has its own technologies, Original founder has been running for this company, JenSen Huang is longest tech CEO in the market. Cisco does not have its own technologies rely on buying technologies from other companies to sustain, once you're... — read more 

We were king once, never again, sigh https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/nvidia-plummets-to-levels-not-seen-since-earlier-this-week-20240309-p5fb27 It pointed to Cisco as a warning for Nvidia investors. “Cisco was the world’s most valuable... — read more 

I would like to know criteria for layoffs, since Cisco has no clear direction. Can’t wait for the moment when current dust settles down, and they only then start realizing profiles and types of employees they are missing due to sweeping cuts. Cuts... — read more 

Is this week safe?

Last Month Had Most Job Cuts Of Any February Since 2009 In February, Cisco blamed a decrease in corporate tech spending for the cutting of about 4,250 jobs (5% of its workforce)... — read more 

Stupid ex-boss asked me to come back through a colleague and I showed my middle finger. He calls me whenever he thinks he can offer something better than my current job. But when I found a better job, he kept silent. Is he boneless? I believe if... — read more 

Several colleagues are training their replacement.

We LRed were dumped, discarded into waste bins. The matter get worse for majority of us are senior engineers, at our 50s with college kids, mortgage and house wife watching soap opera. Any suggestion to survive ?

Turn managers and directors into billable productive customers facing resources or let them go. No one needs layers of bosses who do nothing but check on employees and provide zero leadership. It’s estimated up to 75% of fat can be trimmed adding to... — read more 

Any idea when this is closing?

Big Picture during the last six years: Overall Revenue Growth: Net Zero People added in Customer Success Globally (estimated): 2000 People laid off: Multiple 4000 people layoffs CX Scorecard: Green, Green, and Green Positives: S/W... — read more 

I don't fully agree with the analysis but Cisco gets a prominent position in this video about why companies binge and purge. It's interesting how well NVIDIA is doing with such a small staff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJGVi7gDUOo

No wonder Cisco is in the worst shape ever.

Will they throw past leadership under the bus? Or will they proudly wave their green scorecard of meaningless metrics and continue to claim success?

Both Liz and Thimaya have never been involved with actual CX deliver work. Just talking about customers, experience and service doesn’t cut for role. Soon everyone will see people movements and shuffling to show progress and transformation but key... — read more 

In a new ELT Org announcement from CR, it said As part of this, Alistair Wildman will work with Liz in an advisory capacity as he determines his next step. I want to thank Alistair for building a world-class team – we have been very fortunate... — read more 

If you don't want to adapt to change or be ready to compete with others then is time to get a government job.

Cheers to all including me who got lr’d… it is time to move on to bigger, better things! You don’t need Cisco in your life. Best to you all!