I can confirm a small bunch of long term high performers from technical services san jose were laid off today. A relative called upset because his boss and many teammates were let go. He was moved to a new supervisor. He was shocked and said it was... — read more 

Past/Current management chime in! Do you get to see the list before hand? if so how long before, I want to correlate my current neglect by management with what they already know.

I want to get laid off because I have an offer from mid August. I have not been working much and have been put on a PIP. Does this increase my chances of getting laid off? My cut off for resigning is 21 August. Is there anything else short of... — read more 

On top of the simply "through the looking glass" split in SP initiated by Y, the hits keep on coming. Another SP announcement of yet another layer added to exec ranks - that makes 2 in about 6 months. It seems that while we lay off PM's and TME's we... — read more 

I was a top performer in my team – not by my own account but repeated by my management team during my years prior. About a year ago I developed health conditions that I needed to address and asked to be able to work remote 3 days a week. I was denied... — read more 

After all these years I dislike Cisco so much that I really hope there will be yet another massive layoff. That would help me to continue disliking Cisco. I understand that affected people will think I'm a jerk. That's what Cisco made me ... :-/

Wondering how the last Beat went before quarter-end announcement. I'm already out but I'm curious about this dog-n-pony show. Always found The Beat to be a somewhat depressing rah-rah session. Any LR discussion?

The yearly circus has begun and the first set of people have been notified. Long live Chuck...

Can we pinpoint a precise date for this year's August/September layoff based on dates from the past?

(1) you are 10 years at Cisco and still not a tech lead. From a business point of view, it might make sense to replace you with a younger engineer and give him a chance to succeed. (2) you are 10 years at Cisco, a tech lead but you don't "lead". From... — read more 

With one week to go, it looks like we're set for quite a setback this year. Everyone is blaming Brexit, but I don't believe we've ever seen the start of the UK decline from that. If I look back on this year, I think the majority of the blame has to... — read more 

Cisco had offered two early retirement plan before, any chance to do this again?

I've never understood the statement that temps are less expensive and more cost-effective. Yes, you don't have to give them PTO or benefits. Yes, you don't have to pay unemployment taxes or social security for them. But someone DOES. And ALL... — read more 

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/20/san-jose-businesswoman-pleads-guilty-to-h1-b-visa-fraud/ I'll bet she is working with someone inside Cisco.

Cisco will be slowly moving away from hiring permanent employees to hire resources based on demand and employ them for few months. Its more easy and cost-effective. They dont have bare social security, health cost, Bonuses, or career aspirations of... — read more 

I hope everyone has their backup plan ready. Don't believe the rhetoric that this year is different. The business declining in revenue and Chuck needs to give the markets something so they know their dividend yield isn't going to fail, as that is all... — read more 

The problems come in when the engineers must transform into storytellers for survival purposes. Any engineer with relevant skills will depart for other companies, while the rest improve their storytelling/PowerPoint skills to survive. Product groups... — read more 

NDS - more news just in time for IBC. Watch here folks..... NDS still exists........ Well you will have to wait to here about this shady business.

It's been more than a month when the announcement to close spvss french office. And the guys are still there, doing nothing and still get paid! I want to work there ... Please french HR hire me!

Yes managers in many groups have been asked to cut down on the (perceived) bottom 5%. It's easier to package it as a layoff than to manage people out. And yes it will once again target long time employees in Grade 11 to 13. For one reason or the... — read more 

I will say that companies need to have good salesmen (an women) or they don't make money to pay the engineers. The problems come in when the bean counters start making decisions based on cost. Cheaper costs do not always result in higher profits. It... — read more 

The bigger concern for me is lack of promotion opportunity. Not getting annual pay rises is fine if there is the possibility to getting promoted. In my particular role if I want promotion I would need to leave or relocate. That's my choice so I can't... — read more 

"If your employees don’t trust leaders, they won’t feel safe—and when they don’t feel safe, they spend all their creative energy covering their butts."

This weekend, all directors and their VPs worked to finalize the chop list. It will be submitted this morning SJ time to higher ups in HR and Legal for final scrubbing.

Does someone know? Already 1 month has passe since the LR's....

Never worked for a company that didn't give raises every year. Weird.

Cisco is planning to lay off 20K outright in Aug 2017 and another 10K spread out over FY18. That will take total headcount reduction to 30K. Cisco Is anticipating atleast 5 to 8 Billion USD in savings per year and Cisco will spend more than $1... — read more 

It's almost the end of the fiscal. Anyone hear anything positive about bonuses?

I joined Cisco with OpenDNS acquisition two years ago. A year ago we were not affected directly by any layoffs - we only saw some people being let go in the old-Cisco group we were working with. But yesterday our exec by mistake sent an email to the... — read more 

You have an "employment at will" agreement with Cisco, assuming you are in the US. It is NOT illegal for you to update your resume and social network profile, start reaching out to friends and family regarding opportunities. It WOULD be ideal for you... — read more 

Since we already had one recently the chances look slim. But then it depends on Q4 outlook as well. What are you hearing within your teams?

Our BU mgr here in SJ got the boot today, he was a 2nd line mgr with 17yrs at CSCO. Oh boy, things don't look good. I will quit tech for good if I get LR'ed this time. I would rather be a chicken farmer or a grease monkey than having to go through... — read more 

My team know that we will be targeted soon and I keep hearing 2 things around me : "Update my resume now ?" "No it is way too early until I know the next LR financial details" "Sending application to have a backup job and be confident about the... — read more 

Does Cisco HR count the period of continuous employment only + Age or if you are LRd and rehired then your count starts again from the day of rejoining to calculate Age+Tenure criteria for let go?

I must be missing something. Cisco annual hunting season opening soon and like always I have not seen much anxiety on this forum. Either people have given up considering no point in speculating as this is the part of life in Cisco and no matter who... — read more 

Does that mean there wont be layoffs this year? If Arista can't sell in the USA, Cisco will be making a tones of dough selling switches. Logic makes sense? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-scored-victory-over-major-004653739.html

I was wondering what is a Grade 9 minimum to maximum range and how long does it take for someone to bump up a grade? Location in SJC. The numbers I've seen are not really solid. I guess no one knows...

When do we know (in the USA) if we get a year end bonus or not?