We have a 64% completion rate and the survey closes on Wednesday.
If they don't reach 70%, Cisco gets excluded entirely.
It's best you don't do this survey at all, rather than voting negatively and getting us over 70%
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Cisco is a great place to work until you're blindsided by an LR. These layoffs often feel like targeted hits on older, higher-paid employees, and to claw back unvested RSUs. It’s telling that retirement parties have vanished for everyone except the SVP class.
If RSUs are meant to incentivize loyalty, they should be fully paid out upon a forced exit. Instead, Cisco yanks them back even when the company is thriving, proving they value profits over people. A survey of those laid off would quickly reveal that for many, the "People Deal" is a myth.
CISCO is ahead of VAVIDA(#6) in 2026, the only "continuously laying people off in the last few years" tech company that were on top 20. For engineering total comps alone, CISCO is behind NAVIDA by miles. So, why would anyone give a dime about this?
@OP well Op you’re a bit late. Looks like Fran has already posted the results.
Fran: Cisco Systems is #3 on the Fortune / Great Place To Work Best Companies to Work For list - recognized every year for the past 28 years!
What this reflects is consistency - leaders and teams showing up, delivering, and supporting each other in a time of real complexity.
The work matters. The way we do it matters just as much.
To every Cisconian - thank you. And congratulations to Synchrony and Hilton - we're honored to be recognized
Cisco leadership in EMEA - especially Sarah Walker in the UKI - are obsessed with metrics and managing up at the cost of our people, culture … and sadly customers. Anyone who is anyone knows it.
Too many scared “yes” people doing such surveys i.e. Great to Work with disingenuous answers.
Be real, share the reality people or continue with the toxicity.
Also, Where is Gordan ? Seems like a great guy, but frankly he’s on LinkedIn visiting many places often minor markets. Suggestion: come to the UKI and talk to the ground level teams who truly drive deals and are in touch with our people, partners. customers and… importantly our real world culture. The current culture being “projected” needs to be unmasked, as the internal noise and external posts (LinkedIn) are nothing more than window-dressing.
Seriously? Who actually received survey? I never did.
@b2 holy.... i just double checked and youre right.
They say it's anonymous, but it's not. Every link is unique and can be traced back to you.
You think they won't stuff the ballot box?
@ak I heard that! These people are the ones on the sh-t list I’m sure who are against AI and doing tasks asked of them and yet OP wants to get a pay check doing sh-t! 😂.
I don't sht in the place I eat, maybe you are
Just to be clear, I might sign up next week, but I owe them this much. Have some gratitude.
I have never voted in that one.
A company that does layoffs like Cisco does, treating people as a commodity, thrashing talents and caring only about costs can't be #1 workplace in no matter what f....g country they are in
Wtf?