Hi Team, it‘s Chuck here. Thanks for all you do here on this board, it means a lot to me and the ELT. Just wanted to give you a heads up as we‘re moving into a critical week with earnings and Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam. First of all, Jeetu will... — read more 

I am in DC Pls work hard

Just more BS from that S-b in building 2 in SJ. Yeah you know who you are MF.

What is SBG actually doing? AI defense WTF? nobody is seeing Cisco as a security vendor… and competitors like PANW or ZSCALER are not seeing Cisco as competition ?!

Exact timeline will depend on earnings and sales/services meeting the targets.

I recently saw on LinkedIn that the same role I’m in is being offered for $20K more than what I’m making now. Has anyone left and came back for more money?

What software gets added to login when on list and has it been added already for this LR

Smart move to acquire Splunk as it will future proof Cisco against tariffs and Chinese counterfeiters. It’s all in the details if you know where to look.

how much of Cisco's supply chain is Canada, Mexico and China? 25% tariffs on a Cisco Switch made in Mexico is gonna hurt. Retailitory tariffs are also gonna hurt. ouch

There are around 4000 + employees work for Cisco in China, and big LR happened in last September, rumor said Cisco would shut down some sites or even exist China market (Taiwan excluded). With the enforcement of Huawei deployment and security... — read more 

I've been here a long time Have heard about the stuff we've done at BoA forever and have seen it put on a pedestal to replicate. I've also learned we have lost our pants on that deal. Have been in the conversations where we've made good and also... — read more 

I just came back from the future. Important updates: No Feb 12 layoff. CR resigned in Jan 2026. New CEO: J2. Stock down to 12 Trump Dollars. Juniper bought us in 2027. Maria joined Juniper soon after.

They state clearly they don't care about skills or experience. All they care about is if you kiss their fat behinds: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-top-exec-amazon-andy-090300655.html Sold all 3,000 shares of my Cisco stock today and put it... — read more 

cisco’s elt decided to blow $28 billion on splunk right before a downturn but don’t worry, they’ll be fine... (splunk will be, in hindsight, the aquisition that ki-led cisco)... and yet... splunk was a fine company with good products, but now cisco... — read more 

The BU I work in at Cisco is being slowly replaced by Infosys contractors in India. It is a slow, but certain, death. The worst part is leadership will not tell us how long we have left.

An extremely tough tech market given pending layoffs across the Industry. The job market has officially collapsed https://www.theverge.com/news/603432/google-voluntary-exit-platforms-devices-team

I dealt with Cisco for 5 years now and this place gets more toxic by the day! I fu--ing quit because you guys don’t deserve any fu--ing noticed like how you guys lay people office with no notice. Fu--ing outta here! This would probably get deleted... — read more 

Apparently Chuck recently “recommended” during a visit to a European country that all employees should show up at the office if they want to build a career at Cisco. Is RTO coming soon, or will Cisco adopt a model similar to the one Dell has in... — read more 

Cisco is not included in NVIDIA’s AI Enterprise Reference Architecture, which may limit their involvement in certain large-scale AI training... — read more 

There’s is this weird culture around being a Cisco family but I hate everyone one of you. I guess it’s not a real family unless you dislike your family members right?

I pretend to be busy even though I’m not. I barely work and no one knows what I do. Perks of flying under the radar.

Then account does their magic on financial short falls and decide how much extra baggage need removed in LR. Soon the list is finalized and folks impacted get a plug-in to monitor their PC and devices. This is now standard practice and everyone is... — read more 

Is someone deleting the posts regarding layoffs or genuinely no layoffs this time ? My management says nothing will be gonna there.

CONGRATS !!!!!! https://www.forbes.com/lists/canada-best-employers/

https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/millennials/2024 Let's welcome our new millennials with what employees say [I'm quite sure that will attract even further millennials]: I always feel well taken care of at this company. Cisco has not... — read more 

Would you figure it would be the same around last August/Sept? This is for the Splunk side anticipating a layoff 2 months because of the WARN act (1 month as of notice, 1 more month) 3-4 months severance if you sign a waiver Are all RSUs lost... — read more 

I posted about an engineer tipping us off on layoffs next week by his boss. I said take it with a gain of salt. This forum deletes my post automatically, again. Something is up.

From Splunk blind app (take with any grain of salt you have): "Glad to have worked with you all. My manager just dropped a bo-b on me that there will be layoffs next week and gave me the heads up to start applying for other jobs now. I have been... — read more 

Hearing layoff consultation emails to go out in Feb and termination interviews in April. Anyone hear any other updates in the UKI market?