You might find folks acting strangely, managers and directors doing things intentionally or just playing d-mb… all lead to clues of what’s coming next Monday. Share all clues. Anxiety is high, morale lowest, ELT is still celebrating while others... — read more 

The longer this lasts, the less I feel like doing anything. I know this has been said before, but I have to reiterate: prolonging this process unnecessarily is nothing but a way to get more people to walk away on their own. It's inhumane and... — read more 

I am not trying to be toxically optimistic (Cisco MO), but is it really THAT bad or is everyone here just feeding into each other's negativity? I have been at Cisco a long time and it does feel that bad to me, but trying to see if there is another... — read more 

Not really training. Just a website with resources. And a list of names. good luck to all of you having to let people go. i don't envy you at all.

Cisco's underlying flaw after the tech bust in 2000 was that its strategy was simply to put more products into the account managers' sales bag. The products were often not related to one another, and they certainly didn't integrate together. They had... — read more 

Posting for others hoping for a LR package, or for others locked in, and miserable like I was; and looking to move on. Yes, others on this site basically say, if you are unhappy; just leave. They are indeed correct. But that was incredibly... — read more 

Ya’ll I have been so worried. I’m based in SF and have been here with Splunk for just 8 months. Would I be eligible for severance even tho I have been here for 8 months only?

Seems both sinking to bottom. Which recovers faster, if at all.

Is there any situation where an employee could be denied a severance package during the September 16th layoffs for an unfair reason and just let go? I don’t trust my management, and while I know it might be uncommon, has anything like this happened... — read more 

On Sept 16 is something we know, but how will we be updated if we getting layed off?

I am in a final stage of interview. If got an offer, is this the best time to get into Cisco?

If you pass before a LR notification is officially made with your leader, will your family receive benefits?

Are Managers responsibility to inform PMs, Sales and Other members of projects team? I know few folks LRed this February and they were isolated and ghosted right after being notified. No one contacted these poor LRed people, and were wondering if... — read more 

Confirm if you took this training or were skipped being a Manager. Multiple sessions last Thursday or Friday or delayed for unforeseen circumstances? List is being guarded secretively and very few have access to it. A lot needs to happen right for... — read more 

Any news on how the package is going to be?

Two questions: when within those two months are we returning the Cisco assets in our possession? I have a laptop and a Meraki Virtual Office. The IP phone barely works anymore and it does not show in my inventory at devices.cisco.com or whatever the... — read more 

The tech and banking industry will announce more layoffs end of September making an already tight job market even worse. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/05/tech-layoffs-2024-list/ Not a great time to be looking for work.

As a longtime Cisco employee, it's hard not to feel a sense of nostalgia. The company I joined was a pioneer in networking. Cisco was a powerhouse that shaped the way the entire world connected and communicated. We were driving technology... — read more 

Discussed with a group of talented people. Below is the gist from the group of talented people. Cisco got a proven track record of regular layoffs. Google/Meta and many other companies had layoffs, but not to the extent of what Cisco did over... — read more 

Layoffs are part of business, no doubt about it. But people here have been complaining about the company's decline for years, and yet no one did anything—they just waited to be laid off. Meanwhile, top management is walking away with millions in... — read more 

Is it going to be business as usual or should we wait around until we know whether we still have jobs?

Shareholders may communicate with Cisco's Board of Directors through Cisco's Secretary by sending an email to bod@cisco.com, or by writing to the following address: Board of Directors, c/o Secretary, Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San... — read more 

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887724000017/csco-20240727.htm

LR coming and reqs are frozen. that means nothing internal is available. worse is that most job posts are fake.

This is an honest question. In my book, the later it happens, the more time I have to prepare. Why would anybody want to hurry the process? Let's face it, it's not as if you'll stop stressing as soon as it's done. We all know there'll be more rounds... — read more 

Is bday PTO still a thing?

https://millionsunn.com/stompn-holler/f/the-system-cisco "If anything, it doesn’t sound like a super-intelligent choice for organizations to pay executives outrageous multiples of the common workers' salary; this actually sounds more like a breach... — read more 

What if, in response to every Cisco layoff announcement, we all resigned? How would the stock be affected if, for instance, 20 - 40K people resigned the next day? I know it is hard to sync people, but it is not impossible.

Any news on LRs at Meraki? Sounds all quiet to me so far

If demons existed they would be just like the leadership of Cisco. These people are much worse than you can possibly imagine. Truly vile things, in every way possible. Trust me when I say that you are so much better off being far away from these... — read more 

Rules - name a executive at the Director level or higher and if you think they will get axed. Let's see if Leaderships definition of su-k matches the ICS. I'll go first Chuck Robbins - axe Jeetu Patel - axe

Any news on if TAC sec teams are going to be affected by the LR? Specifically RTP?

It’s a tough year for everyone The LR could not come at a worse tine when a major downturn looms www.investopedia.com/dow-jones-today-09062024-8707427

I've been at Cisco a long time, and I have never seen such a collective sense of defeat across the company in my career. It feels like everyone collectively gave up, myself included.

I am a manager in the UKI org and can confirm that I was on such a training. Could not see other participants as the list was hidden. Can confirm that i was told some weeks ago that certain individuals from my team had to be on the list, but am... — read more 

RCDN is moving south of the border with Hector

I’m sincerely hoping to get booted this round and move on. I’m middle aged, and have been here for seven years. Too long. The longer I stay, the less employable I will be and more likely to get ambushed here at any moment and more unprepared to... — read more