Thread regarding F5 Networks Inc. layoffs

@OP this is funny

@OP it's only "ensures sustainable, recurring revenue" if the product works. The product working right now is a problem.

@cm no just fake posters trying to maybe hurt the stock price or something. F5 has a lot of shorters and specu-flippers drawn to it after the breach news hoping for a big crash.
Not to mention competitors who have had actual worse vulnerabilities exploited leading to full device control through traffic , which is something that hasn't been done in the big-ip that I recall.

@v1 didn't Kara cancel Silverline?

I was on XC when f5 did me dirty. Can tell you having an outage or five each year chased customers away. Then they let go a bunch of Silverline founders and now nobody gets it.

@c9 that’s what happens when managers with inflated ego think they know better what to build and how. Customer feedback? Are you kidding? Better to build a product for years, hiding in a basement, and then surprise surprise! Bugs bugs bugs and products nobody likes and pays for.

@hh and I fought this issue also.

Our upcoming technical report exposes years of systemic negligence, showing how F5 systematically failed to patch critical vulnerabilities, leaving open doors for attackers worldwide.

@hh from the report "optics over substance". i had been fighting this for years.

@OP https://reporter.deepspecter.com/f5-is-misleading-the-market-the-breach-is-nowhere-near-contained-a766d932c582

@d2 The future of what? Mediocrity. F5 already is there.

@dn

yes, more layoffs. they have already RIF'd over 30% of the xc org since 2023. there will be more layoffs to come when the entire failed product gets the ax early next year

@c9 what are their plans after sunsetting XC? more layoffs ? f5 has no product that stands out anymore

@c9 XC customers 26% of largest big IP customers will be served by your home computer? Only sunsetting is your job.

@cm it is a blatant lie. XC is the future

@c9 is there truth to this?

As of about 1120AM EST, F5 stock is currently trading at $101/share ($241.95) less than the high of 343.17 on 10 14 2025. A decline of > $100/share in a bit under 3 weeks.

xc is being sunsetted in april or may of 2026, so who cares. It was a failed project since day one

XC sounds like it is failing, i am sure some one here can give us more information on it? Last I heard our customers are looking to shift away

a bootlicker? their legacy hardware and SL is the ones that have good reviews. XC feels like a buggy platform that is on beta testing. For those who do not believe it just see how much outages they had

@a9 They shut down the "most important" project after 5 years of sc--wing up.

@OP Best-in-class gobbledygook

Hasn't F5 been trying to do this for the last 9 years?

@OP how can they be trusted with the security of Fortune 500 companies when it cant even protect itself

@OP. Sounds like thus was written by ÀI. Or maybe a used car salesman.