Looks like the fat is finally being trimmed. Few managers have joined back as technical ICs while several have been impacted in the Cx delivery org. If you don’t contribute technically, being just a people manager is not good anymore.
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The "technical" ICs that made it through this round should be worried. You can't keep blaming your performance on the manager if you are doing the same thing you did last year or the year before. Most of you are and haven't changed or improved.
20-30% of managers have knowledge who designed protocols and RFCs. They are capable of running the data to day activities and contribute technically.
People managers are sc--wed. Some are powerful with good English and well connected.
It is all about hunger games !! Cisco hunger games every year !! Enjoy the show due to overinflated ego, salaries, bonus and RSUs.
Greed is everywhere!!
@ay they have AI to augment their skills so will be an easy transistion
Just check how many directors we have with 5 or less reports.
Or director with manager being guess what - another director.
I wonder what they do, because surely most of them never visited customer or joined customer call
@ah they are being setup as poor performers for the next round
if they don't have any technical skills?
The bar at cisco is not very high. Just look around ...
how can they be technical IC's if they don't have any technical skills? many that fit your description was not impacted