How things really were in early 2000. Some of the best times. Work crazy hours, do crazy unfiltered stuff. These would be banned today. "Beer and Cookies" Friday. Each Friday at 2pm, tons of beer in TAC cafeteria. 24 hour... — read more 

Spend 2 hours every day chatting with each other and then Fedex wine to their homes for WebEx happy hour All expensed and approved by relocated IOT Dir and his cronies from New Zealand

What do you hate about the Cisco Check-ins? Fake doctor with bad hair plugs Fran mom voice that speaks nothing for the people Chuck wearing golf shirts to courses that cost over $50k membership just to play Meraki Todd that says cloud... — read more 

With all the cost cutting, lack of innovation, and hurting sales is Cisco headed down the path of Nortel? The politics of the company seem to be shaping a palpable lack of trust, with decisions taken out of concern for power bases. Also, Cisco seems... — read more 

I was called into a WebEx with 23 people and we were all terminated. The call took less than 10 minutes - no questions, no feedback allowed. We were told we would get an e-mail with a link and phone to call with questions, which we did a few... — read more 

CISCO still has too much fat and fluff. Cisco needs to cut 10k to 15k more employees and contractors. It is still full off useless managers, directors and employees. Routers , switches and unified communication products are old technology ... — read more 

I am good at remembering people's names...

The December LR event will impact those people who are in the "at risk" pool and didn't accept the severance package and did not find another role internally.

I currently work at a non-tech company looking to break into tech and am considering joining AppDynamics. Is it worth joining just to have a tech company on my resume to open doors? Or is even the most archaic of non tech companies still better than... — read more 

If you are here more than 5 years, or between 3 to 5 years, or 1-3 years, or 1 year or less?

I am 66 years old and survived layoff. My secret .... Keep working hard, keep learning new skills , keep delivering and keep low profile ... help your supervisor looks good... and they want you around.. good luck ...

Don’t wait too long to bail on Cisco, because sooner rather than later, your Cisco experience on your resume would be worth less than burger flipping at McDonalds.

I don't understand what is so hard for the ELT to have a voluntary sign up of people who wants to resign. There are a couple of people that would love to sign up. It's not that hard, first get rid of PIP people, then people who voluntary signed up... — read more 

Ask people for feedback, and they sometimes tell you what you want to hear... Ask them about blind spots, and they're more likely to tell you what you need to hear... Gains in self-awareness often begin with the question: What do other people... — read more 

Why make it more painful for impacted folks who will receive 6 months pay but at the end of a tax year which only helps the taxes/government Not everyone is earning too high. There are people with single income and single filing status. No secondary... — read more 

Did anybody without a job offer opt for the earlier exit date? I don't see many upsides to it if there is no job waiting for you, so I'm guessing you'd have to be really tired of this place to choose to leave at the end of October rather than a month... — read more 

Is GdP out???

the next future wave.. Regardless of the whole $1 billion loss on Corona Virus/Economy impact on Cisco. Now this new 1.9 Billion loss from a lawsuit judgement coming soon. This is all public... — read more 

I’m a customer of Cisco, in a nut shell they have lost the plot. They are more concerned with when a purchase order will be raised than customer needs and solutions, all that matters is meeting the magic number.

Cisco earns some well deserved bad press over LR fiasco that had unnecessarily dragged on for months hurting overall morale https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/10/08/cisco-layoffs-october-2020.html

I was at Cisco for around 10 years and left of my own accord several years ago (not part of a LR/ER.). I was an IC at Cisco, but I’m now a manager and spend a lot of time evaluating candidates (and talking to other managers about their... — read more 

We haven't lost many people this round so I can't say, but for the rest of you: does it once again seem like the pay was the only criteria used to choose who to cut or did they for once get rid of the people who deserved to be given their walking... — read more 

DM just sent an email clarifying that in UK they will let go of more than 20 people each at Reading and Bedfont Lakes campuses. Oh, he very kindly included a link to Cisco’s Mental Health support site. I am not being sarcastic, it’s true. These... — read more 

Did I get that right?

All I am seeing is discussions about money. What else is Cisco offering ? I know in situations like these other similar companies offered a package including career counseling, access to training resources like Linked Learning, Oreilly books... — read more 

It's one thing to be a disgruntled employee who is rightfully complaining about neverending layoffs and another thing to be outright hateful and offensive when talking about anything Cisco related. It's the second group that I don't get. Nobody is... — read more 

Questions to ask at the group consultation How are those impacted by the LR being selected what is the criteria? Can Cisco state whether those impacted are allowed to see the personal data on Why they were selected as per GDPR 2018? Can those... — read more 

Just to clarify: If last day October 30th: pay and benefits until end October + 6 months + benefits $ + PTO If last day November 23rd: salary for 3 more weeks and benefits until end of November + 6 months + benefits $ + PTO Am I getting... — read more 

Hello All, I've been with the company for a bit under two years (joined straight from college, econ major with CS minor) - I've done mostly project work in a business analyst capacity and working with data. The last two years have been filled with... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/10/08/cisco-layoffs-october-2020.html

"Pay bills" and "Save it" are not accpetable answers.

(link below) Cisco Layoff Talk Builds As Longtime Execs Accept Early Retirement Offers Executives who took the early retirement offer include: Rachanee Sporl, partner operations manager for the last 22 years, Jim Parker, a Cisco employee... — read more 

So if google or whoever is buying us why would Kelly leave?

Waaahhh maybe we wont do these anymore wahhh