A coworker claimed their boss recommended looking for a new role. Can’t say the BU or team as that would create a problem for me. Curious if others have experienced this?

It’s just gross that layoffs are coming. They can’t seem to find a time to do it except around the US holidays. It was better in the old days when they’d do it in August. But no…. They decide names in Nov and plan to do it later winter. I mean... — read more 

Per my contract I’m fully invested being with Cisco 5 years, so I’m not worried if I get laid off since I will get pension the rest of my life. The question I have, when I go back home will they deposit my monthly payment in my India bank?

The year the Big Tech job market cracked Tech job seekers faced a tough market in 2025 amid layoffs and slow hiring. Cuts at Big Tech firms like Amazon and Microsoft helped fuel fierce competition. Business Insider asked tech job seekers about... — read more 

Jobs are being shifted to India ASAP Cisco Just invested Billions in India manufacturing and training while cutting training, offices and resources in the USA

Strong rumors of an upcoming acquisition in the security sector

Follow up on TRo: To nobody's shock, the actual reason behind RTO is due to inflate real estate value. Confirmed increase in investment in local hire, goal is to eliminate remote hires entirely. Current remote employees will be eliminated over time... — read more 

Soooooooooo worth it!

At this point, it’s pretty obvious what they’re doing: squeeze as much out of everyone as possible while shifting more work offshore and cutting whoever’s left stateside. They keep merging already overwhelmed teams and piling extra roles onto people... — read more 

People skills matter! My new manager was great in his old role, but he was also an a--hole with zero people skills. Now he's our manager. He knows the technical side, but working with people is a complete mystery to him. Scattered communication... — read more 

Heard they went up as Cisco stock price drove employees crazy, and they are buying more protection and birth control pills from these stores. It happened to Juniper Networks employees 3 years back.

Hearing rumors internally about layoffs and major restructuring. Anyone has any intel? Which BUs? Sales/SE roles? Support/TAC/GFEP?

Because of constantly changing priorities at Disco.

Ignore the BS. Restructuring is underway. AI is king. Underperforming BUs will make up the majority of Layoffs. If you are in a BU that doesn’t directly generate Revenue, you will be hit extremely hard

This is my warning to everybody. Through insider information, there will be layoffs in February. Possibly hardest hit will be collab. Managers will be made aware right around Christmas time, everybody else notified weeks after the new year.

Each engineering department or BU has eighteen different layers of tooling, and within the BU there's another layer of tooling. There's 25 layers of instructions that only someone from their respective department would know God forbid you need to... — read more 

Anybody hearing anything about layoffs? We know we had a few hundred cuts to the product teams in August, but February is a weird time too.

Enjoy your last days working from home Just announced on Q2 call

Because stupid people believe anything. Chucky and g2, d-mb and d-mber.

Apparently, many Underperforming BUs facing stealth layoffs. Can others confirm it?

Our annual shutdown will take place from December 25, 2025, through January 2, 2026, with a Day for Me on December 26, 2025. This time away gives us a chance to recharge and focus on what matters most — you and your family. The shutdown also helps... — read more 

It feels as though the Splunk BU has drifted off-course, guided by a weak leadership style that inspires more confusion than confidence. In all-hands meetings, what should be moments of clarity and direction often dissolve into polished... — read more 

https://fortune.com/2025/11/30/cisco-chief-product-officer-jeetu-patel-work-life-balance-not-equal-two-exceptions-for-success/ Maybe someone should inform him that you get a "E" for Effort and an "A" for Achievement. No one cares how long you work!... — read more 

Cisco should have dominated Collaboration. Back in 2004 they bought Dynamicsoft, which had the best VoIP engineers in the world, bar none. So where did all of that go? Only very poor leadership could waste an advantage like that. Cisco could have... — read more 

Everything is AI AI AI What happened to basic things like Networking?

Yo, the whole trusted gang is low-key grindin’ on exit plans outta Cisco. Secret TOIs poppin’ off in back rooms, and some folks gettin’ straight ghosted from the AI knowledge drops. With all this shady energy, fr fr, how’s Cisco even supposed to... — read more 

Ever since the last round of cuts, my plate has doubled with no support in sight. I barely get a moment to breathe before something else lands on my desk. Breaks are more of a hope than a reality these days. I am counting down the time until I can... — read more 

Underperforming BUs are getting a massive reorg first week in December

Why so many QA rules in TAC team? They just focus on case update timely or not. They don’t even have any technical knowledge! Even layoff BB QA and they can re-join TAC team as RB then keep audit TAC cases… So rediculous

Be frank? I got 7% once.

G10 Raise: 0% RSU: 0$

Big disconnect between Cisco's public statements to the financial community—that the company is "rightsizing efficiently" to optimize performance and the observed outcomes of the LR process. HR is non-existent - they don't care about preservation of... — read more 

No announced LR, but it seems like there are personnel that are getting cut across different groups and divisions this month. Does anyone one else notice the headcount reductions? If so, what groups, divisions, etc. are getting targeted?

Reverse integration as acquired leadership took over the mothership. But how is this going?

Came in as a G12 employee through a Cisco acquisition. The first year was simply aligning the base pay and bonus to match Cisco. The second year, got full 18% bonus, $45K RSU but no base pay increase. How is Cisco with G12 comp? Are there annual... — read more 

AI is a bubble. Will Cisco ride that wave to 100? Thoughts?

G2 is accountable for this security fiasco . Is he really good for the company or just a great PR machine ?