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Hiring freeze at Cisco?

Does anyone know if Cisco currently has a hiring freeze in place? If so, is it company-wide or specific to certain departments?

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At least 5 new hires started on our team in the last month. Trolls will troll

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As always, CISCO will always have some groups that are hiring for whatever the reason - new dream project, executives, or critical backfills. Majority of the CISCO BUs need EVP approval for any hiring(even backfills) period. Translation: de facto hiring freeze across board. You have a critical need? - They(executives) gave you red badges that in general come with low quality due to the vendors CISCO worked with and the low budgets...

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Post ID: @gp+1js1zspzq

9 openings on my team.

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Post ID: @ez+1js1zspzq

There’s always a freeze, it’s the most consistent thing with Cisco

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Post ID: @dw+1js1zspzq

We have a new hire starting next week. This post is BS, there is no hiring freeze.

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Post ID: @dn+1js1zspzq

if Cisco is hiring so many people why did they sell half the HQ campus?

They sold those building for DEI, speaker fees, and executive bonuses

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Post ID: @cf+1js1zspzq

if Cisco is hiring so many people why did they sell half the HQ campus?

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Post ID: @bn+1js1zspzq

Our sales team is hiring.

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Post ID: @b6+1js1zspzq

"when is the last time you met a new hire?"

Literally yesterday.

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Post ID: @b5+1js1zspzq

No. Just high scrutiny on new position reqs.

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Post ID: @b4+1js1zspzq

Many new hires. External and internal

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There are job postings in LinkedIn

yes, those are to replace your job with tribe or IIT alumni ..

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Post ID: @ap+1js1zspzq

There are job postings in LinkedIn

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Post ID: @am+1js1zspzq

I heard a few people recently got hired so there's that.

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Post ID: @a9+1js1zspzq

when is the last time you met a new hire?

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