Comments if your exit date is set as your departure (taking the package), Or choosing to roll. There are few internal jobs posting but not sure if real or posted just for fake pretend. I applied for every job I could, over 100 internal jobs. Four interviews, but no offer.
Tough job market currently, hope few land.
I tried some of the internal roles and even had some intro conversations but nothing materialized. One guy was like, "I need Grade X for this role, and you are Grade Y"...to which I responded, I'm basically a future former employee, I don't have a Cisco "grade" anymore as far as I am concerned. Just heard crickets in response as expected.
Having luck getting multiple round interviews but nothing clinched so far. Also getting a ton of rejections, but I knew that was the case and its a numbers game.
Salary bands are down. I'm not talking to anyone who is offering me a salary bump that is noteworthy. Also, the pickiness of companies is unreal. They want Nobel Laureates to apply to write for loops. In another era, passing the tech screen was a clinch...now I'm getting all the way to the end, passing all the interviews and still no offers. Companies are either just window shopping or other candidates are getting the roles.
I just hope I get something before the AI bubble bursts and 50k more devs get dumped on the market.
@c6 i already have another job, will become head of csirt team. That is a reason ill for sure leave cisco. Can get double salary for a few months, as well as sign in bonus for my new role. For me, that biggest win ever this layoff. But, ill for sure create an internal act to forbidden buying stuff from a company that has this altitude with layoff, because security is about consistency of delivering, not about random layoffs skilled people and ki-ling product. Imagine,.those days i was asked to choose a SIEM solution. Top vendors are splunk, microsoft or palo alto. Would you invest into a splunk? Which will be ki-led with this altitude within a 3-5 years? SIEM is long time investment and i do not want to rebuild monitoring within a few years... rather to avoid buying them as well as work for them. If they have a no clue how to use people, how they can have a clue what to do with product? ...
@b0 same in SBG! should've been more strategic in deciding who to cut, many roles under the same VP that I am being asked to consider this late in the process. bet on yourself and skill set and find a better opportunity. or wait until FY27 and come back
@b0 Liar
Some HR people approach me directly that they have opened positions I may fit, even with higher grade (3 HR contacted me with 3 opened positions in cybersec). I rejected it, because cisco is terrible company, and i do not want to work for it.