It's a bit sad because most people I know who strive to get promoted here do so just to open up opportunities in other companies which they go to very soon after the promotion here. I, too, tried to get a promotion, not just for a slightly higher pay... — read more 

All engineers in CMS network operation center in krakow are being fired from all customers and all positions are moved to… you gussed it India (where they are getting only 20% less money than we do but looks like its still worth it for a cheap Cisco) — read more 

I can guess the reasons why they want to gather the age group data, but I think they should gather number of years of exp. in the industry instead. I’m curious about your take on this data gathering.

I joined the company this month. I'd worked at several tech companies before. It turned out my manager has been working at Cisco for 21 years since he graduated from a college. He doesn't have any other work experience outside Cisco. Although he is... — read more 

CSSs - You will not be happy with your goal. Why do you think there has been the exodus already. The growth you are getting is going to be BIG. You are not going to make any money. This year is going to be bad. Then after this year, you will no... — read more 

Did Cisco acquire it ??

I guess many are waiting for bonus letters

No, there are no 2021 layoffs planned. Cisco is an average company - may be slightly below average. Which is not that bad. Expect below average compensation. That is still ok. Networking with bosses/directors may help a little but not much. .. — read more 

I don't ever want to drive to the office. How long can we milk this Covid Cow?

How honest are you when filling out employee/workforce surveys? Did you ever put down what you really think or do you make it all positive just in case? I admit, I never got the courage to be completely honest simply because I don’t trust them. No... — read more 

I have doubts. Please advise. Should I speak out. Or do likewise.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-has-not-delivered-on-blm-racial-justice-pledge-2021-8 Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said the company would pledge money towards Black Lives Matter last year, but it has yet to fulfill that promise "After further... — read more 

Ok when do we hear if we got an increase or RSUs?

I just saw an open req for a “Cloud Software Specialist” 🤔 …yeah, right. 🤣

Was there a single new product announcement at Sales Impact? It seems now the only way a product is created now is through acquisition. Everything is a re-packaging marketing EA effort. Suppose it worked for Microsoft repackaging the same basic... — read more 

First thing I want to say is I’m very happy with the recent stock performance. My ESPP is looking great. But when I look at the performance of our major competitors in each architecture I’m blown away by there stock performance. Ent & DC... — read more 

Reading this forum, I got the impression that there are no people in the company who work more than two hours because people brag that they actually have the most fun at work. I would like someone to let me in on the secret of how you manage it... — read more 

I wouldn't mind otherwise, to each their own, but it's affecting the project we're working on and in turn affecting me. I can't approach our manager over it because they're good pals, and I don't want to go to HR for obvious reasons. What is left for... — read more 

Why are we not hearing from the global security sales leader and her friend she made as the global VP of security engineering after the earnings announcement. It has been over a week since earnings and the silence from these two is clear that they... — read more 

ER? LR? What do those stand for? What do they mean?

List your years of experience at Cisco with your current salary and if you left the company how much more you make. I'll go first.... I was a hardware engineer at Cisco based out of the RTP office. I had nine years of experience with a grade 9 base... — read more 

Does salary always need to go up and up and up? Can salary go down? Are we having those discussions? I didn’t. As a G13 I ran a team of 40 and after a reorg I became an IC but kept the same salary. No-one asked me to take less. For work/ life... — read more 

I refer to the thread below about acquiring skills at Cisco. I thought this company emphasized learning culture, but I was wrong. I am not satisfied with the skills that I acquired here. So I'm interested in what problems did you face when you came... — read more 

Just for fun I won't name the managers race or s-x, but what to do when the only good assignments go to only people of that persons race and gender (not to mention bonuses and promotions)? Is leaving the only option? Everyone else on team is doing... — read more 

Can someone explain the concept of MRR zones? How many are there? What does it mean to be in MRR zone 2? Is there an MRR zone 3? Who gives us the info in what MRR zone we are?

Frequent LRs demotivates and affects work and everything Learn and move out Managers or Directors or VPs using LR as blackmailing tool to make people work and force not ask any questions Very pathetic environment There is no innovation in... — read more 

But not doing anything related to Cloud Also it too boring to be part of DCN

I did leave earlier this year to a security competitor. Let’s just say today was a great day for our stock. We didn’t go up just 1 percent, we went up by double digits. Kind of like your and our earnings announcements, were you grew 1% and we grew... — read more 

For those who think CSCO is dead meat, whats with the stock price going to unreal heights? Do we sell or continue the wild ride?

Palo Alto Networks reported their numbers yesterday after the bell. 28% Growth in Q4 Cisco Security is 1% Palo Alto Networks at 1.2B compared to Cisco Security of 805M. When is Cisco going to get competent security leadership to run the global... — read more 

How do you handle entitled co-workers that think/feel like they should be promoted (insert various reason) they don’t get said promo and they see the next guy get promoted and start acting salty? My department has a disgruntled employee who talks... — read more 

Cisco is happy to provide us with opportunities each week to join in 15-minute guided practice to calm, clear, and relax our minds. How about they fix the toxic work environment instead of using blinders to slap a bandaid on problems?

What's being achieved? I thought layoffs are about cost cuts, but if you are hiring at the same time, how is that saving anything? All Cisco is doing is shuffling people around - lose ten here, hire five there and another five there. Even with the... — read more