Focus on high growth market? Biggest joke! We should ask what's Cisco capable of? Besides knows how to parroting AI? Cisco is telling the world Cisco itself knows it's a los-er but still wants to have a nice pie everyone else having.

I'd you are part of the LRs and are given the 60 days or 90 days and you have RSUs that are scheduled for vesting in that period, does one still get them as a Cisco employee or do you stop being on the payroll and being a Cisco employee once... — read more 

What is sev package looking like this time?

Even after Cisco lay you off still looking to go back. These people need to take some psych pills. Blaming on chambers Chuckie Fran Maria shows you're totally irresponsible. A company has to run it's business, laying off people is part of running a... — read more 

Poor capital allocation decisions lead to constant layoffs.

I used to be at Cisco back I the day and found myself in the same elevator with John Chambers. He was rehearsing a speech for an all-hands and kept murmuring ‘I want for Cisco to be a company you want to retire at’, only to implement more layoffs... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-cut-thousands-jobs-seeks-175409508.html

Yet another of mgmt gimmicks just 10 days back our mgmt said that our cloud group is growing and safe and that we should not worry and just today announced layoffs. The worse is they are letting go of seniors / seasoned employees who were actually... — read more 

cisco is living off it's 1990's tech and culture. grasping for relevance ever since. boards and councils bs meant they missed the cloud -- a huge strategic error for JC. his legacy is steering what was a great company into long term decline. it... — read more 

I was at Cisco once and drank the Koolaid. Was well-comped to start, but zero raises made me fall behind. Plus, layoffs are incessant. Never going back.

Post of what do you hear and the potential impact? Groups: Engineering, Sales, Overlay Sales, CX, Marketing, ... Technologies: Network, Data Center, Security, Collab, IOT Segment: Commercial, SP, Federal... — read more 

That can’t be correct https://www.reuters.com/business/cisco-cut-thousands-jobs-it-seeks-focus-high-growth-areas-sources-2024-02-09

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

My manager told me Do you think you get a hike? I resigned in 3 weeks. I told him, do you think I work for you? The stupid and arrogant managers at Cisco simply judge you by seeing how much you are useful to them, not to the company. I don't want to... — read more 

TAC has been horrible for a while ,first they outsourced to india, then it got even worse when they added mexico, its not their fault but customers suffer and no one cares often senior leaders and architects have to jump on tac calls to get some... — read more 

padmasree warrior was over promised self promoted ELT under john chambers, she was pushed out the door.

Which areas are getting affected by layoffs in the upcoming weeks?

JP - please take training classes on how to present to audiences. I counted over 200 "um's" which the trainers (that every new CL presenter must take) will teach you to avoid. JD - please try to evoke some energy in what you are saying. It is like... — read more 

We don’t have any long-term plans, no competitive development ideas. LRs and reorgs have become frequent to the point that they are testament to leadership incompetence. I assume many of us would enjoy working for a winner, or at least a company... — read more 

Hopefully UCS, collab, FSO and security.

Looks like layoffs is the top topic of Cisco live EMEA in Amsterdam this week! There are even bets on the number whether 10k, 12k or 15k! The bets has reached close to $100k! It's like Vegas in Amsterdam!

Did you all go through them sometime in past couple of months or discussed them with your managers? Trying to see if they were put in place to inform layoff decisions.

so with the impending mass LR coming shortly after we watch the ELT try and spin some magic fairy tale to explain why are numbers are cr-p and we didn't see it coming 6 months ago, we'll get to see how closely Cisco lives up to the one company many... — read more 

Imagine a framework so fundamentally bankrupt that you delete every critical post. Mao and St-lin would be proud, comrades!

I’m at loss as to why she is still here, what am I missing?

Is the new hype trend at Cisco . Latest dump from Cisco Outsh!t. Apparently it will power all Generative AI applications. Designed by people who have no clue what Gen AI is. Parrot power, thy name is Cisco. Here comes JP, CP ( SE management U.K.) and... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-debuts-security-software-meant-to-stop-hackers-who-steal-corporate-logins-083047348.html O yeah, Cisco is going to cash in big time. All LRs have been canceled for the next 6 months. We are all good.

He always seemed like a cookie cutter empty suit Cisco executive. How did he win out against all the others?

Everything falls apart as expected. Whoever left are looking to gaming on Cisco and contributing nothing.

Will there be more layoffs next week?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forrester/2024/02/01/hpe-plus-juniper-networks-creates-a-cisco-doppelganger/?sh=665b4bab124f Thoughts?

What about the worst place to work? Best place to work surveys are by a bot developed by my 5 years old son.

In today’s Cisco only politics and nepotism win. If you have good relations, you will get promoted every year while laying off hundreds other capable engineers. I have seen a someone from Sr.BDM -> Director -> Sr, Dir -> VP in last 5 years. I doubt... — read more 

I wonder if Cisco can legally (as it's based in the US) monitor our work load efficiency/time on screen etc and make layoff decisions based on that. It would never be mentioned as an official reason, but I wonder..

From speculation, it seems that the announcement will be the day after earning call. Does that usually happen based off of previous LRs?

...and couldn't be happier. When in doubt, punt. Done and dusted. May you also escape from the swill.

WTF people BSing about here. There is no WARN notice. What layoff?

Must it be explained to Cisco that it reached the apex of lunatic effrontery when it began preventing us from recognizing the vast and incomparable achievements, contributions, and discoveries that are the product of our culture? Because it obviously... — read more 

I was recently let go under the CPOC BU. I would be wary of currently taking an blue badge position under this team as they are currently shifting focus to more community development of Genesis and putting more focus on that. POCs will continue but... — read more