People, Cisco is NOT a great place to work. I worked there almost 20 years and my LR came in 2016 - when I was at 150% of plan. And I was considered a high-performer and was in the "diversity area" in my field. This is all a numbers game - Cisco DOES NOT CARE about you and your career. You are a number... and unfortunately no one can save you. Middle management, overlays and BUs will continue to be targeted. IC's stay where you are - don't aspire for more, you'll get screwed. Go to a company that appreciates you and you'll get the opportunity to work on really cool stuff. :) That's what I'm doing now and LOVING it. I am not bitter - actually, grateful now ... but it did take me 2 years later to realize that the company that I joined in the late 90's is not the same company anymore. There are certainly better career building companies out there. So why am I posting? cause I saw some LinkedIn position changes... and just wanted to check what was going on. Decided to finally chime in on a post - 1st time eve... hate on me if you want but I lived your Cisco layoff yearly threat reality since..hmmm 2002?? Before some of you had even graduated high school. Please stop with your #CiscoRocks and #Greatplacetowork..... try #CiscoRIF #greatplacetogetlayedoff and if your Cisco 10+years #greatplacetogetpaidoff #CiscoSeveranceRocks That is all.
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The problem with the whole LR system is, at one time there was bottom 5% and Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). It wasn't perfect, but more skewed towards leaning to thinning the weaker members of the herd. The LR system now is roulette, you draw a number and Old Yeller draws the LR Death Card. Not fair. It's such a big company, it is sad that performance improvement and formal rating system has been abandoned. Not surprisingly though, because the way things are going, folks might get offended or have to go to their safe space nowadays if they had a bad performance appraisal or PIP.
What's wrong with holding a grudge? Cisco mgrs will tell you that a LR isn't personal, it's just business. Sorry.....it is VERY personal, especially if you are a top performer that invested your heart in supporting Cisco. Folks that say it's not personal, or not to hold a grudge have never been impacted by a LR (but need to be in order to get their thinking "baselined").
@Uv9cpqi-xqq No there is no grudge. More to the point of @Uv9cpqi-1ako some of prime years possibly wasted, especially at the end. Which looking back - should of moved on. My reason for the original post - Don't place your identity in where you work. Because companies change with time. Also - recognize toxic environments/companies and move on - because eventually the toxicity will get to you no matter how successful you have been in your career. Not sure if the ones calling my comments "grudge" - are current Cisco employees ... however I will say when I was a Cisco employee only time I was trolling layoff.com was when the Cisco workplace became so toxic and it was a yearly threat of layoffs. I'm hoping none of you are still Cisco employees that posted the grudge comments - because then I feel validated. (no need to answer that) And my comments were to highlight - GREAT places to work do not layoff employees (whole teams I may add) every year. So stay at Cisco if you choose to do so... but I lived it - and the environment was NOT great. I have one last point to stress - I worked with some of the best and brightest people while at Cisco - and still remain friends with them today. AND I have had two opportunities to go back to Cisco through personal calls from hiring managers... but I choose to stay away. There is no grudge... just wiser two years later.
OP is still festering on it two+ years later. Grudge
Someone sharing their experience is not grudge.
Cisco is now Disco. Always rocking and making hard working engineers fall. Management is the DJ.
It is true that you have wasted your prime years in Cisco
OP. Seems like you still have grudge - after 2+ years!!. Maybe spend your time on your new endeavors instead of trying to stir up some garbage.
Exactly, positive words do not make a place great to work at, but treating high performers well does.