Hey we just fired a bunch of really talented people with no long term strategy. But make sure you attend this 15 minute “mindfulness” meeting to make it all better!

Did this AVP get LRd.

Old timers will recall that Cisco used to proudly trumpet how it ALWAYS gets rid of the bottom 5%. And I recall so many good people getting pushed out b/c of that. Would be interesting to see if the LR's in recent years have "included" that 5% that... — read more 

Longtime Cisco veteran here. A true believer. I've been to just about every Cisco event for the past 25 years. Have all the certs & went to Cisco Live back when it was called Networkers and have the swag to prove it. I have NEVER seen it like this... — read more 

It feels like all of these big tech companies are hitting similar roadblocks, mergers/acquisitions and bloated teams. Is this where most people are looking for replacement work? it feels like we'd just be getting ourselves back into a similar mess... — read more 

I'm shocked at how atrocious Cisco's culture and ELT are in these layoffs (in addition to their poor performance, fake crocodile tears, inability to innovate, so on so on). Splunk used to be a much better place, until Gary Steele came into to gut and... — read more 

Applying internal role. Can advise what's the salary range for grade 11 CSS?

Is there a single tech company out there that hasn't had several rounds of major layoffs in the last two years? I want to leave Cisco, but I don't want to end up in the exact same situation with zero job security somewhere else. I honestly can't... — read more 

To line up another gig now, or wait to see if I’m hit next time…

i am lost - this doesn't make sense - how does one avoid getting laid off? Keep learning new things? Keep building network? is that it?

Has everyone been notified?

who pays for cobra, cisco or us? where can i find more info on cobra?

If you were to prep for a layoff, how big of an emergency fund would you need to build?

We are in business with corporations and they are here to make $$$ and providing jobs and making employees happy is not on the list. The relationship is "at will", they can nuke you at any given point in time. You can leave on you own if you'd... — read more 

Many years ago, this was the place to be at. Great culture and great product. Fast forward to current day, this is a horrible place to work. Worse than Cisco. Why do so many leave Cisco and come here but leave after a year. Some go back to Cisco and... — read more 

If anybody has any positive experiences, please say - no details needed. I’m so demoralized that I badly need to hear that it worked out for someone at least. I’ve been trying for half a year now, few offers I got were not exactly great and I... — read more 

how long do you think it will take them to reorganize functionally? I can bet they will not be done before the next round of layoffs. Which means there will be chaos, understaffed teams, workload after layoffs thrown at the rest of us, bad gaps in... — read more 

Who was affected?

RobbinHood versus RobbinsChuck: RobbinHood: Took from the rich; gave to the poor. RobbinsChuck: Took from the poor(er) general workers; gave to the ELT and shareholders. Highway Robbery 2024

It‘s true that the whole SAM org was impacted like CSEs and CSMs? SAM = Sales Acceleration Manager

For managers, directors and above who were laid off. CEC will show no one reporting to them.

Can’t get WXT announcement link to work

Is this true??? I thought it was taken out of IT and placed into CX itself. Although I have heard that EDF was hit badly too

"Could care less Chuck" working remote in Atlanta bragging on live TV that his Atlanta NFL team won a game yesterday in the middle of firing 7,000 employees

Interesting that Glassdoor has not published any Cisco related reviews since 15th September.

Were you happy with your payout? Are you leaving early or staying around to apply for internal role? What internal roles are they?

There is so much uncertainty and chaos going on. There is zero trust with this leadership.

This doesn't excuse what happened and it definitely doesn't excuse laying off seasoned employees instead of those who joined last, but the fact remains that Cisco over-hired. We will continue to have this problem until somebody realizes that we need... — read more 

Do they think after this people is going to keep working like normal??? are they going to give higher bonus to the ones staying to try to make them go back to normal??

Director replied "I'm not sure, I can't comment on that" Woww what a crazy place to work

Haven't heard of any IT impact. Hopefully, impacts are minimal.

Hey, what is notification date for Poland?

Isn't it too obvious that our competitors are gnawing at the bit to hire Cisco's top talent? And now said talent will be happily in the same markets selling against Cisco with joy?

Will we hear about the next round next month? Next quarter? It su-ks that the question is no longer "Will we have layoffs?" but "When will layoffs continue?"

Or is it mainly folks from Cisco premerge?

There are many people waking up today saying “Whew, glad that wasn’t me. They got rid of the slackers and luckily I’m not one of them”. You think you’re special and this will never happen to you. Boy, do I have some news for you. It reminds me of... — read more 

No matter how you measure productivity at Cisco, this recent layoff fiasco is going to hurt (and lead to more layoffs) Cisco's fiscal year 2025 Q1 started August 1. On August 14 they announced layoffs on their FY24 Q4 earnings call and proceeded to... — read more 

I can't believe how tone deaf the messaging has been. "This is a “team sport” where everyone plays an important role and collaboration, resilience, ability to embrace change, willingness to learn, openness to feedback, prioritizing tasks, creative... — read more