Se that some restructures are rumored. What other parts of Cisco could be restructured in the near future?

The managers issuing layoffs aren't doing that of their own volition. There's (simply put) an xls spreadsheet with a bunch of employees. Somewhere they draw a line. If you're above the line, you get laid off, if you're below, you're fine (for now)... — read more 

Call will be held early next week to determine the fate of many engineers in the CX org. Multiple "overlapping" roles will be eliminated to meet the 286 million dollar "cost-saving commitment" Cisco promised in 2019.

After 10 years in sales and always overachieving I got laid off. The crazy politics and demands of daily glory stressed me out. I spoke to my manager and director regarding how this was affecting my mental health. A month later I’m on a PiP. Last day... — read more 

I received an offer to join Duo Security, which has a tremendous rating on Glassdoor. My apprehension is that Cisco recently bought the company for high $$$ value. I value job stability for next 3-4yrs. Does anyone know how other recent acquisitions... — read more 

How much does a G8 NCE make in Krakow after taxes ?

I'm looking to change roles within Cisco. My one year is in April. Is it too soon to apply internally? Any other advice on changing roles?

now that bonus letters came out, when will the spring promo cycle be? since they skipped last fall, lots of folks are chomping at the bit and being told they are "next in line"

Can someone please explain why employees buy Cisco stock? It makes zero sense to me. Yeah it's $50 and you get it for a discount but who cares. I have purchases two stocks only over the past 5 years since I've been with Cisco - Facebook and Amazon. I... — read more 

Just making the rounds to those in it for the long haul...do these and your net worth will be north of $1M, easily, if you are going to ride it out...until your LR card is drawn: Max out your 401k. Max out your ESPP. Sell ESPP original cost (your... — read more 

Could Cisco Operations be anymore unethical? Cleanup the corruption in Operations, Supply Chain, and IT. http://fortune.com/2019/03/05/cisco-wire-fraud/

Just announced today that all TSA's/CSE's and PSS's will no longer fall under global enterprise segments/sled/USC etc. and are all being rolled up into the americas org. This is supposed to centralize all the architecture teams at the americas level... — read more 

I’m beginning to see this ‘board’ dry up with any commentary as more get laid off from ciaco.

New CIO is very strategic and of totally 360 mindset, hope to bump up stock price and great for investors. Cisco mgmt is looking for ROI and cut down OPEX though pile of cash. No more old days that people hangout and salary deposited into their... — read more 

What is the expected salary range for grade 6 in SJ? How does a grade 6 eventually grow into a higher grade role?

New to Cisco. I have heard that there are going to be company wide layoffs sometime soon. Anyone has an idea of what that date might be? Early march? Early April?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-7PW5svrDs

My take on layoff predictions: note it has come true everytime. TAC - majorly AS Cloud Mgmt/center UCS & teration Routing Surprising no switching group.

For those who were in Advanced Services, why did Bryan Palma leave for Blackberry? Looking at his LinkedIn, it appears he leaves a place every 5 years, which is typical of execs. I heard he was generally disliked, and uses companies only as a... — read more 

November was a big lay-off and since then several,higher ups have exited causing a brain drain ?crisis? Wondering if this may be the start of Cisco’s end or perhaps collaborations end? Feb13 March or April will drain the rest. Thought?

My BU’s quarterly earnings was revised recently (increased), now management folks project that we may miss the target for next two quarters. I don’t understand the logic, why revise to target beyond expectations and later suggest that situation is... — read more 

I'm not saying no more. Save your money. Eat bread 'n water. It's gonna be a bloodbath.

Get ready for the new round of layoffs in SJC in March-April. Approximately 6000 to be LRed company-wide. Solid info coming from a very senior guy.

Yeah so asking on behalf of a friend, but my friend hasn't been looking so great lately and he won't talk about work at all. Are layoffs happening in Alpharetta too?

Does anyone know what the amount is and if it's a flat bonus or it depends on clearance level? I have a TS and a possible offer.

I was in a group (dealing with cloud computing - the area that Cisco management said they were concentrating on and therefore laying LR'ing people in other areas). Had been with Cisco 20+ years, age 50+ and I got laid off in September, 2016. Part of... — read more 

Q2 Financial results will be released on that day. At the end of the call, Chuck will mention that 4,500 people will laid off. If your mgr is acting strangely to you since mid Jan, that's a sign you're on the chopping list. . A few heads will be... — read more 

Is Cisco ACI doing good and earning revenue for Cisco? Is it safe to join the Cisco ACI team? Is the ACI team doing layoffs?

I was at Cisco for 7+ years and was fired recently after speaking out on some serious unethical actions that took place under my organization. I've learned Cisco is not a place to be a free-thinker, even if your advice is purely constructive... — read more 

Anybody know what scam you have to pull to get a techwomen of the year award past your way??? What bullsh@t if there ever where was. This innovation scam being run is in need of serious investigation and the people who are shelling corporate money... — read more 

When I was working at Cisco, HR announced that a major company survey would be taking place and that it was important for everyone to be as honest and as frank as possible. We were told that the survey would be “100% Anonymous and 100% Confidential”... — read more 

How does it work ?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/25/h-1b-oracle-favored-hiring-foreign-graduates-of-u-s-colleges-over-american-grads-feds-allege/

It was rumoured that contractors would be layed off back in Dec 2018? Was anyone impacted? I'm asking because I'm considering a contract role at Cisco; but reading mixed messages about contractors in CX.

Anyone have info on buildings SJC- I,J and K getting sold off and TAC being move with BUs or different building?

I have offer for G11 from the teams and wondering if the products are doing good or not. Any inputs will be helpful. Cisco is known for layoffs but how are these teams? Are they growing or suffering layoffs too?

I hear there will be phase2 of LRs coming - after the November '18. All under-performing BUs will be impacted. Cisco is feeling the pinch of trade wars and "CX transformation" is not convincing customers and partners that Cisco knows what Cisco is... — read more 

Not a troll question, I'm honestly curious. I've never seen anything on the internet even mention Spark that wasn't a blog/post/article, a sponsored ad, or obvious puff piece. Last year there was an outage that lasted several days...My guess is that... — read more 

When are the Splunk and Nutanix announcements expected?