Which areas and units will be hit the most? Do we know?

I am wondering if the cuts are going to happen in the ANZ region. Any clue?

If one accepted a job offer several days ago before this all came about and have not started yet, as a US-based, SWE, Should we assume there is going to be a hiring freeze now? Sounds like Cisco has a history of continuing to bring people on despite... — read more 

service provider sales is a gonner, to be rolled into a larger pool of enterprise+sp. this trend has been happening for a while now but it'll be over soon. goodbye sp!

Thrilled to congratulate my good friend Antonio Neri, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise on the news that his company will acquire Juniper Networks. Now positioned to capture a larger portion of the cloud, AI, and networking markets, this bold move is... — read more 

True that once upon a time Cisco was an indicator of global markets because they were tech leaders. 2008 recession was 15+ years ago. Cisco is no longer the leader they once were, they are now lagging their competitors in growth in several areas... — read more 

Do we know if any group/area can be considered safe?

Will it be spread across 2 quarters, and also include Splunk headcount ? Splunk has 8k headcount.

If at all they are given out, would LR'd folks receive mid year bonus since they would have completed the first half of fiscal year ?

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What groups will be effected?!

Chuck flew on private jet to Super Bowl with his family on Cisco’s dime while thousands of Cisco families are stressed this weekend about layoffs this week

Are G&A functions like sales, finance, etc. getting the boot? What about acquisition BEs? Is Meraki safe????

Cisco is a good barometer of the global markets. In 2009, Cisco did layoffs followed by a significant downturn among tech stocks. Is this happening again??

As part of the high growth focus and restructuring announcement this coming week, in FY25 US Commercial will be consolidating regions. It simply does not make business sense to have regions that only do half of the business of other regions. This... — read more 

What y’all hearing?

Don’t worry, you can easily get 3 part-time gigs to help the job numbers and replace your 1 job

Long-term turn-away from using profits for technological innovation; instead of for the ongoing obscure currently popular social themes of that current year. Devaluing prior, proven high-earner senior technical development contributors... — read more 

My second visit to this site in last two days, probably after over a year as I left Cisco in 2022. Really sad at the state of things as several of my esteemed ex-colleagues got LRed during last year at various times, some very senior folks. Just... — read more 

For those SEs or SAs who will be affected by the upcoming LRs, remember that there's always hope for a brighter future. * I, too, faced a difficult period when I was personally affected by layoffs, which can often feel impersonal, though in my case... — read more 

Citing high growth initiatives and AI is the reason for upcoming mass layoffs, it is evident that cisco lost to jnpr in AI space, particularly to Mist.

Who was brainiac in sales leadership that hired a ton of extra sales folks 4 months ago? Nobody even knows what they are supposed to be doing. Now a big layoff - what a way to run a business.

Too many managers and directors layers in Cisco. There are no reasons to have so many layers of un-productive people managers while pressure is on to cut resources who are responsible for products, services or support.

People telling you they know the number are full of BS. We know it’s between 10k and 20k from credible news reports. Beyond that it is pure speculation. Avoid the noise!

What does the cuts look like in Americas Sales

1-1s and team meeting invites are being sent out... Your managers have a 02/16 deadline to hand in talent assessments and/or PIP discussions. If impacted, starting 02/12 your work will be monitored (legally) until you're released. Severance package... — read more 

Senior Directors make upward of 1M+ at Cisco. Not to mention these holes get deferred executive plans where they keep their RSUs and Cisco pays taxes of vested RSUs. None of these fools driving the company into the mud are laid off. No wonder our... — read more 

Where do you see this going overall? Seems like many companies are laying off full time workers in favor of doubling part timers, making job numbers look better. Thoughts?

I'm just starting out and I have $5K net annual cash flow from a investment property. What about you? Please specify whether if your amount is per year or month.

Is that accurate??? which areas???

if you're an employee now, back up your data before "impact" on Feb 14.

Working in sales at Cisco comes with its unique set of challenges, but perhaps the most daunting of these is the quarterly imposition of LRs (Layoffs). The unsettling reality is that performance often plays second fiddle to where you stand within... — read more 

Wondering if anyone has heard if they will be offering early retirement this time? If they want to get rid of some of the 50+ employees good way to do it!

https://twitter.com/MacroEdgeRes/status/1756016887199084642

https://www.reuters.com/business/cisco-cut-thousands-jobs-it-seeks-focus-high-growth-areas-sources-2024-02-09/

if you got laid off, just find a new one.

Biggest part of AI is NANO technology. Even NANO technology took last 20 years to mature You want AI too? Cisco should be in antique business opening antique stores selling antiques on the street? Or should I say Cisco needs to be selling in flea... — read more 

Albeit a very dysfunctional one.

Cisco is operating a business and not a charity. They have every right to do layoffs and do what they think is right for their business. Likewise employees have freedom to quit and leave. Cisco is not obligated to keep you on payroll for life. Stop... — read more 

Remaining people to be laid off or forced to work remote.