On site in Bxb about 25. Nearly the entire 4th floor of bldg was cut (70+ was the number in the paperwork) no managers knew who or how many. The new director was given a cut number and he made the choices. It’s interesting that po land was basically... — read more 

too mamy non-producing grade 12/13+ engs should be laid off in this round or next LR !

I was LR’d and it hurt but frankly, now that a few days have gone by, I am glad. New beginnings require old ways and habits to change. So many people were let go that many said were “top performers “. I don’t know about that. In the short time I was... — read more 

Is Cisco arm twisting vendors for rate card in order to retain red badges ? I see most of preferred vendors are sub-sub contracting resources and new rates will eventually impact resources and than qualify of resource.

Interestingly - people with no (or limited) field/customer background have to decide on the future of an entire organization. Putting a new name on something old just doesn't make it work better, it just sugarcoats it. People are demotivated and... — read more 

Is there anything to confirm they are closing the CCIE program for most tracks. It looks like Richardson, TX will become the only lab testing center in the US. To me that looks like they are downsizing, but not getting rid of certification tracks... — read more 

Been at his new position for full five months. Thanks a lot, Cisco!

Thursday is one of the favorite days for layoffs, so I'm pretty sure we'll be hearing about even more notifications going out today. Somebody mentioned that this will last throughout the entire week, and it looks like they might have been right... — read more 

Most top performers are gone. Any idea who is left ?

Recently moved from Jasper to another company. They had layoff this week. Half of my team is gone with my manager. Interesting thing is Directors are still intact except one or two. They laid of managers and engineers and tech leads. They have crazy... — read more 

I've been hearing rumors that there is going to be a round of LR in CSG BU (EN).. anybody aware of this?

Software companies don’t have weekly commit calls.

Just my notification, I am based in Australia and in the CX Organisation.

Anyone knows anything about Krakow, Brussels, and other locations in EMEA?

It’s useless group run by weak management. Known to create buggy platforms and tools …

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/11/06/cisco-layoffs-executive-departures-csco.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo .

"The layoffs came Monday, less than nine months after Cisco brought on Maria Martinez to lead the Customer Experience organization. Martinez joined the company last March with a $13 million new hire cash bonus and a salary of $675,000, according to a... — read more 

As I see there is only mention of internal BU name that has come out is CPSG and CX.. as per this https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/06/cisco_layoffs_customer_experience/ Does anyone have idea of how many of CPSG impactes in Bangalore and US?

I feel Trump is right on paid media. With so many stuff happening n no media coverage. But if some small executives leave or join it will be a huge announcement. All coverage should be monitored,

was it 1,500 or more? seems like more to me...

Anyone have details on what really happened to the CCIE program?

But most of the employees that have been laid off will have the opportunity to be re-employed in other sectors within Cisco, the report states, as "the number of open roles in Cisco far outnumbers the layoffs”. Read this in an article, but I didn't... — read more 

People worried about being laid off should really use Cisco to their advantage while they still can. With a good reason or not, Cisco is still a well respected company that is a huge asset on a resume. We all know this is likely not going to last... — read more 

Cisco is abiding by WARN Cisco is laying off more than 500 total from RTP. The media is reporting only 200-300 laid off at RTP but that was just one team of 300 at one point in time. Other teams have lost 60 and so many BU’s are now non-existent. The... — read more 

I've heard from several people that this round of layoffs might extend throughout the week. I'm not sure what they're basing that on, though. I just know I'll be really, really happy when this whole week is finally over (if I still have a job by the... — read more 

Would hate to see a good post get nuked just because it contained something against the website rules, so for all newbies here, I suggest checking the website rules in the footer (short read, they have just a few rules). If you wish yor post to... — read more 

They talk about transparency, which is a bunch of bull.Why not come out and say what your intentions are,how many you laid off and why your doing it.Instead you have rumors going around,no one knows how there teams will be affected,and how there... — read more 

After setting up major cheap labor outposts in India and Poland, Cisco will surely be setting up next sweatshop chain in Mexico... More SJ jobs will be shipped down south promptly. Add to that some stock buyouts, you have a perfect bonus optimizing... — read more 

Why cisco executive not speak to the engineers to discuss how to develop and grow technology customer wants for to deploy! We can help grow ideas but the management with marketing and sales pukes only want to keep us in box like trapped serpent. They... — read more 

Does anyone know when this is all happening for APJC? Or heard of anyone already impacted in APJC? it would be good to know when we can breath a sigh of relief...

Has anyone pursued this option? What kind of outcome? Seems kind of sketchy that they are required to provide a 60 day notice but actually set the termination date 30 days, preventing participating in ESPP and qualifying for mid-year bonus.

Cisco swings the axe on permanent staff – hundreds laid off worldwide this week. Customer Experience division experiences brunt of HR's 'limited restructuring' https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/06/cisco_layoffs_customer_experience/

Bottom 15% in SJC will receive the pink slip by Friday

With all the reductions, why has the glassdoor ratings for cisco not gone down? Is the information / reactions provided on this forum overstated or is glassdoor bought and paid for?

Made TV news... the irony of what Cisco says hurt the business: http://mashup.fieldservicesondemand.co/2018/11/04/cisco-to-layoff-5500-employees/?fbclid=IwAR2FcgqDGmU_q0DJT5x22ri1lG1gqiT6ZfJvVUIT6eoPmR0cZ1eou_PMpOI

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/969d8260-b709-3926-9a75-f283cd85be13/cisco%26apos%3Bs-large-research.html Cisco's large Research Triangle Park campus braces for layoffs

Wang systems was a power house way backnin the day and then it died. Im thinking cisco is nearly there.

My separation package mentions nothing about the possibility of future employment at Cisco. Who can I ask if I am eligible for rehire? I had no employment/performance issues that I knew of and consistently received 100% and more of expected bonus. Is... — read more