Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

... When you are constantly acquiring companies because you can’t innovate internally, there are always overlapping roles and people get let go.

Unfortunately, I got caught by an LR to reduce headcount, but there wasn't any overlap in my role w/ any acquisitions. I was caught by the flat, across-the-board cut 5% of your team LR.

I don't know which is worse, cutting across-the-board while calling it a "limited restructuring" or the "restructuring" that is constantly shifting from year-to-year to focus on "priorities". If the priority is changing year-to-year, it wasn't really a priority or the ELT is just making bad, uninformed decisions.

To clarify, have there ever been cases where announced layoffs were canceled or reversed due to positive results?

None to my knowledge since 2006.

No, this is just how Cisco operates sadly. When you are constantly acquiring companies because you can’t innovate internally, there are always overlapping roles and people get let go.

I don't think so, it seems the M.O. is bad news == layoffs, good news == layoffs, and neutral also == layoffs

More or less owing to the acquisition and purge pump say to offset the 9000 headcount or so that comes in annually this way

Yeah did we actually escape? Seems almost unbelievable

To clarify, have there ever been cases where announced layoffs were canceled or reversed due to positive results?