All threads here are centered around SPVSS. What the heck is this? a) what does SPVSS stand for? b) what is the major product (name and functionality)? c) who are major customers? d) who is the major competition?

From the San Diego Onion: Qualcomm slashed 1,231 jobs in San Diego and another 269 workers in Santa Clara/San Jose as part of its $1 billion cost cutting plan. The cellular technology company revealed the size of the mass layoff through required... — read more 

Buyer realized IL engineers are nothing but whining little babies and have not produced anything of quality in over 5 years. Because Cisco bought them? No. Because NDS covered incompetency by having "custom" solutions everywhere. Custom means... — read more 

Does anyone know the Grade 8 salary range in RTP?

Enjoy guys till it happens. Is this an attempt to trim fat and reduce cost

A little too quiet for my taste... Or I might just be getting paranoid... But if I am, can anybody actually blame me? In any case, are there any news on layoffs in Cisco any time soon or no?

And it wasn't......why is anyone shocked? When is the last time SPVSS delivered anything on time as promised. This delivery will be the same. It will be late, be underwhelming and promising "more and better things to come" once delivered.

I'm wondering if somebody here might know how are people notified they have been laid off at Cisco? I'm new with the company, been here for a little over a year, so I'm still trying to figure out some of the stuff here. Just want to be prepared if... — read more 

SPVSS is like 2% of Cisco maybe yet if you ooked at this board you would think they are at least ten times that. What's going on with these guys?

Yes or No?

Please no BS, if u hv reliable info, then only comment.

No you morons not for video..... for the campus so they can start their 2nd HQ in Atlanta....... why on earth would they want our video..

Broadsoft BU is reorganized and its current head will be retired. 50% reduction is planned in the BU in July. Also, overlapping Cisco's CCBU on-premise maintenance products will be spun as a separate company which has only licensing renewals.

I heard Appdynamics was a bad decision to buy and recently, it has been moved out of Collaboration to Networking. After all Collaboration spent $2 Billion to buy logging software. They are working very hard to make money, but all money shown in their... — read more 

Today we will know if it was all BS or no.

This is just what we need right now, to be in the center of the whole Russia meddling with everything US thing. I'm sure we'll get major flak for this even if for once, it is not our fault (we gave everybody a chance to fix the vulnerability, it is... — read more 

The rumours here are off base. Some of defend was put on the table. Not the whole thing.

AS & TS will be merged under the same leadership structure. Multiple grade 10+ employees will be laid off at first, followed by a large portion of the engineers once they are done training their replacements in India, Poland, and Mexico. Those that... — read more 

"There are salary raises and promotions but 1000 ppl were laid off in March. And more layoffs will continue to happen." So much this! People who are happy about an occasional raise (which are mostly negligible as it is) and promotions fail to see the... — read more 

This sounds like a perfect excuse for more layoffs to me... A flaw in Cisco switches has allowed hackers to target critical infrastructure in many countries with cyberattacks, according to a Thursday security report from the Cisco Talos team. As many... — read more 

Who lucked out? What % bump?

Was told this morning that the existing deal fell through.

Interesting that the board is looking to change this. You’d think they only care about stock price.

We got some new hires last week and now for some reason I feel like I am required to train my own replacement. I might be completely off base here and paranoid, but from what I've seen happening at Cisco lately, I feel like I've earned to be... — read more 

Do they negotiate at all? If yes, how much more can I ask for? 5%? 10%?

Cisco HR stealth rolled out complete new salary packages. No announcement. Why?

https://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/ProjectDetail/Chief-of-Staff-Service-Provider-Video/1228885?

Just saw on CCO Cisco is swapping out badge access for facial recognition world wide. I'm calling it now. This is going to be a cluster f--- when it starts rolling out.

I work as a PM in SJC. This past week I was introduced to a new PM fresh off the boat from India on a visa. I'm thoroughly confused. I have absolutely no hatred towards Indians and I'm sure this gentleman is going to be a fine coworker. However, I... — read more 

I will be paid Rs.1700000 if I join, is it standard salary for someone with 10 years exp? The interview was for hyper converged systems team.

Irving, TX location closing in June. Not enough traffic. People pushed back to Richardson. Is this true?

There is an opening for full-stack engineer at CIsco I was thinking of applying for, so I was doing some research and ran into this page. Now I'm no longer sure Cisco is the place to give up my current job for. Is the situation really as bad as it is... — read more 

Is it just a coincidence that the large meeting rooms in Chandlers Ford, Maidenhead, Staines and Kortrijk are all booked out for a 3 hour meeting on 10th April? Or maybe there is a large SPVSS announcement brewing?

The free vta pass comes in quite handy from time to time. It's attached to the badge. What if I "lose" my badge a few days before my last day of employment? Can I still use the vta pass after leaving Cisco or can Cisco "disable"/"blacklist" it?

Once, there was big MITG and CCBU sitting there. Now, most of them are downsized to a diminished level and I hear only Indians around there. Any news if this is going to be closed as it is way expensive than most other US centers and majority of work... — read more