Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

bi-quarterly recurring org meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning canceled. huge multi org monthly recurring meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon canceled as well. strap in everybody, this is gonna be a bad one.

Hope you're not teasing!

Sincerely, somebody retiring in less time than the severance covers.

Anyone at this site who spends every day waiting for a meeting about being let go, anyone who no longer wants to work at Cisco, anyone who only complains about management despite the company reaching record-high stock prices, or anyone who has simply lost motivation is free to leave Cisco.

Wow OP, this describes me perfectly. I never really thought about it all that way before, but you've completely opened my mind. I'm going to confess my wicked ways to my manager immediately and resign.

How selfish of me slacking off a little bit due to years of burnout and waiting around for LRs with my fingers crossed! I should just turn myself in and pack my bags. Thank you so much for your brilliant assessment and bold encouragement; I hope they make you CEO when Chuck gets the axe. (Perhaps you could be the one to figure out how to turn off the giant internal sprinkler system that is constantly putting the fire out of everyone's eyes.)

Look at employee counts it is a sawtooth over time.

Where can I look at employee counts?

Duh. Of course there is. There always is, not if but when. Look at employee counts it is a sawtooth over time. For a lot of companies. We hire, then restructure. We invest in new areas, and sunset old. Welcome to the tech world. It's only been gone ng on for like 40 years

OP is an id--t but they are right that an LR is happening. Update from one of the folks I work with is that they can’t give a schedule update at the moment because of ‘the LR’, and the impact will be known Thursday. Other country, I guess folks got the word Wednesday, but if you’ve been at Cisco you know that finding out if someone you work with is still there takes a while.

Best times since 99’!

@a6 go ahead! All AI usage monitored. Be ready to explain what you achieved with token usage to your manager and prepare your belongings to go

Thanks Jeetu

Know what, I'm gonna waste company resources even harder now. I'll keep on burning AI tokens doing useless busy work

Only Acacia employees seem immune to LRs. There must have been something in their acquisition agreement that protects them from the usual Cisco treatment.

@OP wait till your hard works have been consistently overlooked for promotions, and wait till your age catch up to you.

Karma is a bi--h 🤣

@OP

How about a deal?

I'll do all that just as soon as you permanently cease all bootlicking. Just let me know when you are capable.

We just had the biggest hiring rounds in the last 4 years, mid year performance bonuses are coming in. I'm not convinced

Why exactly should I not "waste company resources"?