thelayoff /t/13Eoy1RY or @OP+13Eoy1RY

When you're young and bright eyed. You work really hard, ambitious to climb and are naive of layoffs (unless you're plugged into the great new information you get nowadays)... As you age to 30 and witness/be a part of it, you immediately see... — read more 

This was ice again a clear indication that’s if you are a revenue generator (CFU/CBU) do not accept the company line of lower utilization is acceptable if you are doing activities that are non-revenue support of the business. We saw those people... — read more 

About two dozen folks axed

What do you expect? Look at the Wahoos running the show! I mean come on look at the new leaders running the show.... literally they have no idea what they’re doing. In the position for a year and have nothing to show for it. Spending Cisco money on... — read more 

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/sf-mayor-london-breed-declared-local-emergency-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/2241796/

Those sadists in HR enjoy every step of separating employees from Cisco. Was talking to one, and he was laughing about it. Layoffs provide job security for them. Something to do. Just remember- in no circumstances is HR the employee's friend. Just... — read more 

Where does this end? Is a mass wave of layoffs coming?

Last July I happened to be on a great vacation in the French Polynesia, had a ton of time banked and nicely budgeted cash fund – it was a blast. On the third vacay day, I am getting a text message from my manager. She was cryptic and wanted me to... — read more 

Do not be afraid. I was LR'd now going on three years ago after eighteen years. It was tough at first but now can honestly say I am very thankful for the journey. Since that time, I have had the opportunity to work several inside and outside of... — read more 

Is this really when LRs are happening? What makes everyone so sure?

spend time your friends, family and the people you trust or care deeply. enjoy your severance money and time off. take a small vacation or break, clear your head the best you can. come back and carefully brush up on your skills. most important, don't... — read more 

I am the best performer but I just received a 1-1 scheduled on 25th. Should I be worried?

Layoffs will continue next week? Which means another weekend with no sleep and constant stressing. After a whole week of the same. Thanks, Cisco, it's not as if I need sleep to function properly or anything...

Does anyone else agree there is far to much deadwood in the UK business? Great to see a new leader appointed, but it would have been good to see some fresh blood, even if it was someone from Cisco in the US. There’s such a culture of... — read more 

News Summary: Cisco was named No. 4 on the list of 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, its 23rd year on the list 98% of Cisco employees said Cisco is a great place to work, compared to 92% at other companies 99% said they... — read more 

Spoke with a Cisco rep recently about their layoff situation. He claimed "layoffs are a good thing for Cisco, and ideally we should be cutting the 'bottom' 15% of the workforce quarterly". Who the f-ck would work for a company with that mentality?

I heard that some employees are getting packages in Collab BU today. Not sure if it is limited to only this specific BU.

The simple issue is the software subscription model is too complex in Cisco. I don't have time to monitor and manager licensing, subscriptions, and all the administration associated. Too many different requirements to maintain it all. Good old... — read more 

Layoffs are sometimes a necessity due to a weak economy or major business inflection even with strong leadership at the helm. Typically this situation at the most happens once in 5 years. This protects the company and considers the long term well... — read more 

Let's start a thread...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/opinion-ciscos-customers-are-still-on-pause-amid-coronavirus-scare-and-layoffs/ar-BBZWwG6 "hmm. I need to buy a switch and a router. But wait!!!" "Someone is coughing in China!" "I think I will wait... — read more 

When to people managers find out that their directs are on the block? Day of?

At the bottom of the press release: "In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we initiated a restructuring plan in order to realign the organization and enable further investment in key priority areas with estimated pretax charges of approximately $300... — read more 

Check out the charts, but calls before earnings and puts after ... winning!

Due to ongoing concerns about the current outbreak of Coronavirus, Cisco has made the difficult decision to cancel Cisco Live Melbourne scheduled for March 3-6, 2020 in Australia. Our customers, partners and employees are our top priority and we... — read more 

True or false? What are your thoughts?

Does this imply a 4% cut in headcount? – Q3 Revenue Guidance: -1.5% to -3.5% decline year over year.

Cisco beat expectations on the top and bottom lines for last quarter. Cisco shares are up just 5% in the past year, way below the 22% for the S&P 500. Earnings: 77 cents per share, excluding certain items, vs. 76 cents per share as expected... — read more 

Chuck is not gonna wait till August to stem this financial bleeding. Head chopping will happen here and there till the ship stabilizes.

Let's say someone makes you the CEO tomorrow, what do you do first?

Chuck is going to blame the Wuhan Corona virus for missing Q2's earnings target. Expect an official LR announce of about 8-10%. This time Chuck will have a valid reason to cut heads If you are in Sales, Engineering or support legacy... — read more 

After a decade of service in engineering and nothing but exceptional ratings until they brought in the People Deal. I’m grateful for the experience, but you know what I’m p-ss-d about? It is simply, every job I’ve applied to, I’ve ended up... — read more 

I'm glad to be out, watching bug after bug discovered in cisco offer each presenting how layoffs affected the quality of the products make me laugh. I wish all customers would see... — read more 

Given that there is a lot at work internally.