@a5 I bet you are just a fantastic team player. The point is I spent several years working with an extended team. Trying to go "above and beyond" to make sure they felt like they were "part of the team" and accommodated. I've even had some of the same people that won't return LinkedIn messages or texts over to our home for a group dinner event. Maybe you are one of those people; small world.
The reason I'm contacting them? To use them as a reference for the next job. Looks like that's not going to be happening.
So yes, it was mostly a fake f$%&ing culture, and I was stupid enough to buy into it. F$%^ Cisco's Bu%%sh$t fakes. The lot of you.