In my 10yrs at Cisco, I've never even heard of a retirement party. I think the chance for being LR'd or quitting (read: fed up) is too great. Actually, I have heard of one, when MPLS "retired" from their spin-ins. But outside of those four, nobody... — read more 

Keeping all the rhetoric on the age bias, nepotism/ nationality and h1b aside, does anybody know which groups / teams are affected most? 1100 is not a small number. Some groups must have lost 100s.

while looking at the forum and last 2 years of purchase of all these small companies - patents (xxx million into this and xxx million into that company), 90% purchase down to drain and money wasted, eg: I look at webex and then I was looking at zoom... — read more 

I found out that just about everyone I knew older than 43 received less than the target, and the younger people received target or above. They have been laying off Baby Boomers and Gen Xers for years, but kicked that into overdrive after I left. The... — read more 

Stop drinking the cool-aid. There IS a company-level conspiracy. Cisco USED to let go of the bottom 5%. Normally, that's a good thing. Get rid of those that don't perform. Stinks when you're on a great team and even above average performance and... — read more 

I understand people are bitter when the LR hits them and they are convinced it should be someone else. So OK I learned I will be impacted. I hold no animosity against Cisco or the executive team. They are trying to do right by employees with decent... — read more 

Best thing that happened to me. True about the management though. In a BU of 55 engineers, 9 got laid off, 8 of them Americans, and the other Americans in the team got relocated, leaving just 1 token American in the BU left out of about 44. HR... — read more 

L&T are in the frame to take most of Bangalore SPVSS people as red badges. If they do not go to red badge status AND move to Chennai..... they are doomed.

The culture and environment that Chuck & Co have created is so toxic. This once great place to work will never recover. I was LR'd last August after 11 years at Cisco. I wanted out of that awful environment so I began my job search in April of last... — read more 

Lot of people complaining about bias towards 50+, In DCG - 4 university grads (joined this spring) with an heap of student debt were shown the door. Its such a shame for any company to fire new young talent. They had no clue what had hit them. If you... — read more 

45 new topics being discussed on this forum within 24 hours, you all folks should be ashamed that Cisco employees/ex-employees trust this forum more than your in house process, tools , people to share their grievances, thoughts and feedback. Cisco... — read more 

If you were affected in May 2017's LR, please post some info: BU you were in Date you were notified Age, M/F if you don't mind So many other comments and people from previous LR's commenting it is hard to track and understand the current situation... — read more 

If what is being said has some bases in fact about using "layoffs" as a pretense for replacing older workers with younger ones, then this appears to be a strong case for an age discrimination EEOC action. My words may not be more than just "venting"... — read more 

I got my package in the last round of LR and found a job within a month with a Cisco competitor. Almost a year later I gotta say the LR was the best thing that happened to me at Cisco. Get out of the sinking boat while you can!

Let's discuss the video he sent out and the kinds of questions you want to ask of him. I'll point him to this thread for the unfiltered version.

I got LR'd today from SP test. I'm pushing 50 but not there yet. I'm not sure of the scale yet. I've been with cisco for a long time and I've worked from home for the last several years which I consider a huge blessing. I don't know if it was my age... — read more 

Spark's biggest problem is a lack of vision and leadership. No one person or group will take responsibility for decisions and direction, inevitably leading to management by a number of essentially focus groups. Do you know how hard it is to develop a... — read more 

LRs are never fun for anyone. I cant fathom anyone enjoying this. I feel for all impacted. BUT it is a reality of large companies today. While I do feel the constant specter of worry about stability, I got over that for the most part 4 years out of... — read more 

Don't know if it affected all groups, but given SP Biz is down not shocking there was some hurt here.

Chuck will announce new LR target in August 2017 for FY 2018. I guess most likely it will be 5% to 7% as usual.

Got LRed at 56. When they walked us out the door I turned around and it looked like the demographics of people leaving the men's room at a Garth Brooks concert. Grey hair, male pattern baldness and distinctly white.

We saw over 1000 people laid off at our location over the years. The big ones have come this time of year and after the FY. Buttt Cisco will lay off any time of the year in small unannounced layoffs. They have made that very clear over the years. You... — read more 

I left Cisco on my own after 13 years and returned to Oracle... After a 15 year hiatus. Did you know that 100% of all the managers and their management chain I had at oracle are still at Oracle 20 years later, and ZERO percent of my Cisco managers... — read more 

Cisco has ruthlessly laid of 50+ employees for years now. After 14 years at Cisco I was Laid off at age 58. fortunately the Cisco partners in the US are in dire need of the skills the laid off workers have . Actually got decent raise working with... — read more 

Need a suggestion/advice: I Just survived 2 LRs first in August and second now (probably saved). My team in DCG BU was badly impacted in august and this time as well. I am not feeling lucky being saved rather more tensed now, i got one offer from one... — read more 

I was LRed in August...and yes, I'm doing great. I'm one of the "lucky" over 50 peeps who can't find something permanent so I'm consulting for much more money. A lot of companies are doing very well out there and appreciate experienced people like... — read more 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-shows-effects-of-trump-uncertainty-2017-05-17

watching your friends being let go is only a reminder that you are next !

Heard something big is going to happen in Oct on the collab side.

If you are over 50 at Cisco, you are the ones most likely to get laid off. They lay off mostly the 50+ that drain the health insurance, then sprinkle a few millennials so it doesn't look like ageism. The only consolation after 12- years of working... — read more 

To any Cisco-ite who is facing the dreaded 1:1...I was LR'd/RIF'd/WFR'd last August, and while I wrestled with a strange range of emotions -- anger, betrayal, relief, elation -- I will say that in hindsight it was the best thing to happen to me... — read more 

there are 1:1's schedule for the 18th in the US and many other countries. Europe and some of the countries won't get notified for a while as their are EU approvals that are necessary. This will be an odd timing for LR as it may (probably) short... — read more 

It looks like the markets are starting to realise Cisco can't turn this decline in revenues around as easily as first believed. We all knew this already though. However the elephant in the room still is this BS about transitioning to software! Are we... — read more 

I think cisco is going to screw us by not paying the Bonus this year to save money... any thoughts?

Is It closing the DataCenter business in near future? Looking into the hardware dependencies & making a shift to software only model, it looks close in the near future.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-adds-more-layoffs-as-federal-government-spending-slows-down-2017-05-17