A of changes happened in the last month 1:1 getting cancelled No new work Boss singing the same song 'Wait till 16th Sept' Daily Standups is now once a week I assume This is a sign.

My manager (a director) had two 1:1s with me. We had our 1:1 in which she gave me feedback and told me how good I performed (she was talking so highly of me ) then moved the second 1:1 to next week. Idk what sign in this….

Got 20+ years of experience with 7 years in management? Can anyone share how much Cisco pays for a sr manager in Benguluru, Base + Stock ?

It’s a fu--ing toxic soup with every shade of politics under the sun. Every fu--ing person is playing a different game - the common thread is everyone is trying to backstab everyone else. Is the rest of Cisco this bad? I never thought I’d be... — read more 

If the lists are already out, why do we have to wait until next week to find out if our name is on there? This isn't fair to us or our managers. Imagine knowing who on your team is going to be let go and you have to keep up pretenses for another week... — read more 

May we all be LR’d and enjoy the severance !

You have stock grants waiting to mature they’ll take them back. No vesting either. Instead of a stock buyback Cisco STEALS the stock back by LR’ing you. They never intended for the stock to vest when they issued it to you. It’s not like before. I... — read more 

Can anyone give some insight on the impact in Outshift BU? Are they impacted? Is it minimal or a huge impact?

When will Canada be notified? Will they be notified alongside the US on 16th or later in the year? Anyone with information on this?

China: 2124 (Complete closure) US: 2224 (Splunk:1K; most of the HW teams in Cisco) India: 534 ROW: 1109 Notifications: 16 to 17th sept Hardware teams across all groups impacted. Few BU complete closure.

Does mgr training really happened or just a speculation. By now, all managers got to know the list?

Does it vary from team to team? Or is the process more consistent? Will we be notified via email?

hopefully it's not part of this madness ... would be a new low...

Yes, names known by your manager Start looking for hints We sent an email to your leaders today am US time.

So why is Splunk hiring Dev people separately on LinkedIn, when so many were let go from Cisco? I know we are all looking for work. I am a bit confused. There are a lot of Splunk openings. Is Splunk going to continue to run separate from us? sorry if... — read more 

Cisco likely to close all of CRDC in the near term. This would be about 2K people. In 2024 engineers in China are more expensive than you think.

Many have leaned here for internal turmoil and corporate restructuring going on, and news from others. Whether you are safe or impacted, don’t stop coming back, and keep sharing what you learn.

Lined up another job. Started looking when mass layoffs were announced, and was lucky to get a good offer very soon afterwards. I’m now just twiddling my thumbs and hoping I’m on the list. Go look for better jobs, nobody deserves this much stress and... — read more 

Who else is ready to gladly accept severance and take a full mental health month off to detox from this toxic, stressful place?

Now that's something.

I think everyone should have this but it was installed in my machine on the 8th September which is suspiciously close. Can you check and comment please?

Should the LR notification must come from my Manager or It can come from my manager's manager as well

Should the LR notification must come from my Manager or It can come from my manager's manager as well

If I dont work this week, will my name go in the list?

Not trying to scare you, but it’s a toxic place to be in. You may not realize right away, but don’t stick around too long to find out. I’m not saying it’s a really bad place to work, but the longer you stay, the less valuable you become. Cisco’s... — read more 

Who approves the final list of employees to be laid off ? If it first line manager , director or VP?

When I was LR’d in February 2024 the week before I was notified I started having difficulty accessing certain Cisco sites. I didn’t think anything of it and just put in a ticket. IT told me to “clear cookies” then the day before I was notified I was... — read more 

I will remember fondly all my encounters with oh so competent C*sco IT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8Ln1yqeJE explains their vibe really well :)

Pls share details if anyone knows

Did anyone’s manager give any hints? Can anyone confirm there was an LR training already?

I got a meeting invite at the end of the week with my manager and their boss to review my deliverables, wondering if this is their way to see what I am working on so they know what needs to be done if I am LR. Never had a meeting with my mgr and... — read more 

How many that used to say that Cisco was just like all other employers and now finally realize that it isn't? Sure, there are other bad ones out there, but I have never worked for a company as terrible as Cisco. It su-ks that the job market is... — read more 

Get a physical, get your teeth cleaned and get your eyes checked while you still have health insurance. Cobra is so expensive and you may not be able to afford if you are LR’d and it may take a while to get a new job. We don’t know who’s on the... — read more 

Primarily to see employees sentiments and reactions (they are in management, for a reason) and often adding comments to justify Cisco LRs with their own reasoning, but mostly down voting relevant employee’s comments on current state of affairs and... — read more 

We all need to put aside our differences and realize who the enemy is. All of us are working because we have to for various reasons. The 1% is hurting all of us and pushing us further apart. The more we work together the more they seek to divide us... — read more 

I got a notification that some new login items were added to my mac. I know code42 was always there but now I see thousandeyes listed there too. Does everyone else have this, or does this mean what I think it means...

As a Security Account Executive in GSSO, it boggles one’s mind how the engineering support required for us to grow 25% is not available to us. The GSSO Engineering VP is completely clueless to what is happening in the field. Regular GSSO Engineers... — read more 

And we are somehow supposed to work this whole week as if nothing is going on?

What are the benefits reaped with TAC leadership changed from regional to global? I still see customers requesting updates for TAC who didn't come back for more than 7 days? FTS is not followed for customer impacting cases despiting escalation to... — read more