About this used car salesman CEO and his incompetent cronies. Our company is being ran to the ground! We need an activist.

https://youtu.be/Y6P8qdanszw

I left company. Anyone would go back if offered a grade 13 position? Cisco has very good qualities. Sad reality is that I am not sure company will exist in 10 years from now.

Just got my 1:1 invite for a 9am meeting. Was expecting this as my director already gave me a hint a month ago (we are buddies).

The work environment is getting way too toxic and affecting mental health. Can you resign effective immediately being an FTE, without notice?

https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/CSCO/short-interest/ An increase of ~7% over last month

https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2021-02-01/panos-kozanian-former-cisco-engineering-and-operations-executive-joins-five9-as-new-evp-cloud-operations

Does anyone know how Gee Rittenhouse still has a job? Cisco has yet to deliver any innovative security to the market since he has taken over. I question whether he knows what he’s doing. Cisco Security is getting their teeth kicked in the field and... — read more 

Cisco is fortunate to have a woke CEO to navigate the current economic environment. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/cisco-ceo-chuck-robbins-on-leadership-amid-the-pandemic.html

What’s left of cable access to be axed this quarter. Customers have zero confidence in Cisco and interest in cnbr is near zero. Have to say this isn’t a surprise. Our competitors are doing so much better. I’m floating my resume out there wish... — read more 

I interviewed for a position at Cisco after I as laid off from Lenovo. Because an LR had just occurred at Cisco, I could only be a contractor after 6 weeks of interviews, being offered the job, only to have it rescinded to be a contractor instead... — read more 

The only somewhat growth is security. Is Cisco trying to destroy their security sales business also by putting in a person with no previous sales leadership but only engineering experience but not even security experience, who was recently the VP of... — read more 

Huge scale re-org and talks about only new executive positions, would be great if there was some level of transparency over the lay offs that are going to accompany it.

I have been here for 21 years now and for the past 18 years I have had the same role. I actually liked it until mid last year. But I can't help but notice that since JC left and especially since MM came in and started this entire CX reorg nonsense... — read more 

Seems like there is again massive scale re-org, hope there is not new bloodbath coming in!!! Signs not quite right

I am planning a change companies in the next 6 months. Cisco is interesting. But please explain what "LR" means? What's the pay scale for a "Senior" engineer vs a "Staff Engineer"?

Next big layoff scheduled for 2/2/21, Groundhog Day. I find that humorous, albeit sad. One thing about Cisco is they are predictable. Annual Layoffs.

Why do SVP and above feel they need to write War and Peace emails on re-orgs, full of cyclical nonsense and fluffy words that in the end say nothing about what the changes really mean? Good gracious, the emails from MM and SW were eye-pokingly dumb... — read more 

What is project eagle? More cuts / Outsourcing?

It’s the best I’ve felt in years. Enough said.

A class action suit has been filled in California against Cisco for creating a hostile work environment. Does anyone have more details? The pacer case number is all that exists at the moment.

I know there aren't that many of them, but boy are they in for a rude awakening. I don't know what their company was like before this, but I looked around on the usual suspects (Glassdoor, LinkedIn...) and it seems decent enough. Can you imagine the... — read more 

thelayoff.com/acacia-communications or /acacia-communications

Chuck is a master of negotiation. $70/share was a 46% premium when it was agreed on in July '19. At $115/share, the purchase is a 250% premium on the original price. Now you know why they have to layoff 10,000 employees.

It's been two years since I left and it looks like Cisco is still attempting to cut its way to profitability instead of actually trying to fix everything that's been broken for years now. And apparently after years of trying to do the same thing the... — read more 

UCS is dead, what's left of the product is for sale. No growth, low margins, no ARM strategy. Who would buy the carcass??

Well it’s happening

to be brave enough to state the obvious...only he didn't six months ago

For those within the CX USPS space, it is common knowledge that organizational surveys are way down for the past year, and still declining rapidly quarter after quarter. I wanted to gather a pulse on the Courageous Conversations meeting that occurs... — read more 

Like a bad divorce...this is yet another example of how terrible Cisco is viewed. Acadia doesn't want to have anything to do with Cisco.

Share what you know. Hearing big sales hit in Feb.

A little over a year ago I was interviewing for a position at Cisco. I had been through about 8 interviews for the position. I was told by the hiring manager that she would be contacting me with HR in the next 2 days with an offer. 2-weeks later I... — read more 

Why do some people who got LR still have access to their Cisco emails after their last day? People can still send emails to them and some can still access their emails.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22212347/google-employees-contractors-announce-union-cwa-alphabet

California Business Journal Friday, Jan 1, 2021 While the company has not officially confirmed the news, reports out of Silicon Valley suggest that tech giant Cisco Systems is preparing to shed 14,000 workers from its payroll. If true, it would... — read more 

Congratulations, we survived 2020. What are your 2021 "New Year" Cisco Predictions? Wishing You Peace this New Years Eve. Be safe :)

Companies are in business to make money, not to provide jobs. The sooner you realize that companies will let you go at any time, no reason legally required since it is an “at will” employment relationship, the better off you will be. Always be... — read more