If you're not in the inner circle, get your CV's ready. I'd heard from a buddy in New York, they canned a TSA or high SE who actually won the Chairman's Club twice, and he was their top producer too. Too bad whoever that dude was, he was the best in... — read more 

Voulchers are circling now... This will be a huge blow and can take us in a very interesting directions... http://www.networkworld.com/article/3027486/leadership-management/evp-patel-out-at-cisco.html

An annual rite is repeating. Good luck to all and do not forget to take your Blood Pressure and Anti-Depressant meds. Cisco is laying off again, but we are all used to it so it will be OK - 2016 will be no different, a few people here, a few people... — read more 

I spent 12 years there - from 1999-2011 when I accepted the early out - a fantastic package. Overall, Cisco took good care of me but it probably took 10 years off of my life. It's the most hectic, high-stress, place to work - bar none. The good ole... — read more 

13 years -sweated through several years of layoffs. Finally, they found the right manager who could fire you with a smile on his face and trying to make you feel sorry for him. It hurt for a while, but, now I have quit one of my bp meds and am off... — read more 

I am older worker (14 years at cisco ) now at a cisco partner with a significant raise. cisco talent hard to find in the work market place. Even for cisco. all the offices i go back into have all new (noob) engineers. open requisitions sit unfilled... — read more 

What is the likelihood of Cisco layoffs in San Jose in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

Have they all been laid off?

American business and, possibly, private business everywhere else in the world, has one thing in common with the world's oldest professsion. Both prefer only younger workers. Replacing older workers with younger ones with or without experience (they... — read more 

Large layoff took place the week of August 10th 1 month before RSU vesting on 9/11- Kelly Kramer the CFO didn't want to pay out the vested shares so folks had 2 weeks to find another job before they officially leave the company. BTW - Kelly Kramer... — read more 

Stumbled upon this site searching for a random technical term, weird... Anyhow, overtime Cisco turned out to be 80% Indian, there are both good and bad sides to it. I am a WASP, born and raised in Santa Clara, it's difficult to walk into a 20 people... — read more 

Yearly layoffs help to meet the street numbers since they are not doing it via sales. The company has thousands of incompetent offshore resources / vendors, some moved onshore and yet they still cannot meet a deadline and just spend budget. The... — read more 

Last week impacted folks were notified

Roughly 200 folks will be let go - this is all over news right now

To the minion of Chambers who said that the LR process is based on "skills and contributions", that is incorrect. It's about sales of the organisation. Big hint, what does Rowan work on? Has that been going down? There have been many who received... — read more 

I know that we are different, but both Intel and Qualcom are going through massive cuts

It's a dumb-ass thing to say to have a large organization and have engineers only and that they should do lower level work or something they are not skilled to do (like manage, do cost improvements, pass certifications, etc.). And when you get up in... — read more 

What do you guys think? Thoughts?

To the minion of Chambers who said that the LR process is based on "skills and contributions", that is incorrect. It's about sales of the organisation. Big hint, what does Rowan work on? Has that been going down? There have been many who received... — read more 

Coming in 2015

Rowan's organization. Our replacements were cheap labour with zero qualifications, one person did a 3 month development course and now they're magically a qualified developer replacing a person with 10 years experience. The support team is the next... — read more 

Great opportunities for Sr Network Engineers in a fun, e-commerce environment. Solid pay and benefits with potential relocation. Send resume to Diane@OBOXsolutions.com All inquiries will be kept completely confidential.

Working for a competitor, just curious how you guys slice grade levels? Anyone?

This has happened year after year, and I'm not surprised. I'm part of the LR for this year. Which is a good thing because this company is a sinking ship and going down fast. All our jobs are being outsourced to India. Performance accounts for... — read more 

Is it one week per year of employment with 10 weeks being a maximum?

Do you have more info about the plans to restructure again in 2015. Cisco will do it, 2015, 2016, you name it. It's in our DNA. Every year. Now, we have no clue who will be affected and in what fashion but I wanted to start a thread.

Rumors are starting to circulate again, IT to be a target this time around

Rumors are starting to circulate again, IT to be a target this time around

The root of the problem - in my book, at least. Anybody else?

The jobs cuts are not based on performance rather than the relationship you have with your manager and immediate bosses. Being in sales for more than 5 years, always exceeded goals and was acknowledged YoY. Over the years i have seen employees who... — read more 

8% cut announced, this is the third year in the row. 6,000 gone. Chambers still around, what a retard, I am not sure what he did for us except he put hundreds of millions in his own pocket. Cisco got no value out of him. 4,000 cuts last August, 1,300... — read more 

Back last year, August 2013, we announced numbers better than expected and we still cut 4,000 jobs, almost 5% of our workforce. Then, we sealed the deal with another 1K cut in San Jose only. We'll all agree that 2014 is worse than 2013 and that our... — read more 

Rumor has 10/1/2014 as the official date Cisco employees will receive their RIF notices (Brad Reese says the layoff could exceed 20% of Cisco's workers).

http://americanfreepress.net/?p=2397

This is a good board! Good luck with assdoor.com .. This is "the matrix" version of assdoor.com .. it'll set you free.. go ahead and vent.. we'll appreciate your honesty.

i need to vent but my team sucks, do we have a good board?

Traditional networking companies have also whacked jobs this year. This includes market leader Cisco, which cut its workforce by about 500 people in May. Cisco at the time said: "We routinely review our business to determine where we need to align... — read more 

I think we'll take a billion dollar pre-tax hit because of the ongoing layoffs - if you still think Chambers needs to stick around you are delusional - he's the root of the problem...