I assume for those who are on the chopping block we can hope for severance rather than being PIPed? PIP is generally too bothersome. Unless mgmt benefits from PIPing rather than making Cisco pay severance? I’m hoping to be booted next round, already... — read more 

Just google this and then search for Cisco by business name "Superior Court, State of California, for the County of Santa Clara" I am assuming other states'/cities portals, where Cisco has strong presence, are as rich as this one. Read the one... — read more 

A former CX VP filed a lawsuit in March, claiming he was fired because he raised concerns about how a now EX CX exec was making LR decisions in early 2023.

Suppose you are put in PIP does the company offer you the severance option at the same time or they can simply PIP you and fire after few months without any severance. Why i am asking is any company can illegally choose this option for any reason and... — read more 

Then VP and Sr Managers prepare their own of Managers and directors to put on chopping LR block… tense time ahead. Share if you know more!

Today I've noted that I had an app called Code42 Incydr Agent installed on my laptop around a month ago - June 2024). It's an app monitoring data leaks from employees. Is this an indication that I might be on an LR list or does everyone have it pre... — read more 

Something very strange is happening, maybe someone has insights and can explain Cisco jobs posting.

Liz failed as CSO, her AI strategy? Outshift ? Failed as GM of Compute All failures and businesses that declined No experience in CX or sales how can she be successful in this org??I feel this is one more failed Cisco and Chuck move, he should have... — read more 

I left Cisco few years back due to bad terms with my manager. I am having much more successful journey at a competitor. Heard from a colleague that Cisco mo--n manager once said that I might be successful at other company, still Cisco doesn't... — read more 

The number of people supporting Liz as the clean up person is pathetic. She was terrible as GM of Compute, IoT. All failing businesses at cisco today, ET&I failed, AI failed, Security failed, Splunk is going wrong, cronies like Nathan Jokel and many... — read more 

It was CR that hired MM and let her ruin the post-sales business. Absolutely nothing she did made sense from a customer delivery perspective. She never took the time to understand the services business and just tried to implement the SFDC model. ... — read more 

How is the mandatory PTO week going so far?

My team is mainly made up of contractors. I, along with one other person, have a blue badge. I've heard rumors that contractors will be cut. Am I about to lose my team? We were already short handed.

Can we finally get rid of some fat among incompetent and useless management? Pls? Not that it would change much or save this place before it’s too late, but at least we lowly workers wouldn’t feel like we carry the brunt of consequences for decisions... — read more 

This wasn't always an issue at Cisco but it certainly is now. Since we lost almost half of our team in the past two years, I don't have enough hours in a day to get everything done. How is everybody else dealing with this, since I'm going to assume... — read more 

LR list is being worked right now, for October announcement. No one should be surprised with this twice annual rituals that shrinks people after rolling off folks from merger, but mainly the Cisco folks that are seriously affected. July fourth... — read more 

After 10 long years this is it. Got a better package and dont have to do like a million products. I am out. To all the people looking to leave. Do it now before things get worse. Good luck

I’m about to get ~$400k from a home sale. Looking for sit on this for 1-2 years and then most likely put down as downpayment on a home in a much more expensive area. What are some good options besides high yield savings account / CD?

I am actually embarrassed on how poor this call is. There hasn't been a single topic on strategy...all the Q&A is saying is we will talk about this in mid-July...why have this call then? If this is what we get to look forward to for FY25, the sinking... — read more 

I was told yesterday that every VP at Cisco makes over $1M a year…Is there any validity to this? I’m sure it’s a combination of things and not just salary, but if this is true that is nuts.

How is talent review discussion going on for other teams ? Does manager fill the review in front of you ?

I keep hearing the same points, misses every qtr and year after year. ... Liz as the CSO has no achievement or track record of success either. This company has the most pathetic board full of old timer su-k-ups.

It's just a corporation that owns a bunch of switching & routing patents obtained from acquisitions. The company sells & markets legacy network equipment that was obtained through acquisitions. Cisco never transitioned into software, cloud... — read more 

Folks, just had my 1 on 1 with my manager and he said that my compensation is too low to be promoted to the next grade. Was really looking forward to this. Is this even possible or it's a possible bluff? What are your views you all? Straight off... — read more 

While Sales struggling with integrating Splunk to gain any up tick in revenue. Major changes expected to straighten this ship if it could be accomplished. This is a do or perish moment for once a highest valued company in its glory days. Cisco story... — read more 

when a dying company at its lifecycle, Tom Brady would be hired giving motivational speech to prolong life. Remember Tom Brady is for dying companies. Tom Brady position would be similar to a priest from church giving speech at the funeral wake. — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-nvidia-history-demise-cisco-sun-microsystems-2024-6

Seen a few of these at Cisco. Typically the layoffs have a package and employees either resist and challenge or accept the package and leave. There is apparently a third alternative where employees continue to stay on directory unassigned to any work... — read more 

Hear me out here... I spend at least 30 minutes a day, just looking up the hundreds of acronyms each program uses to explain their ideas. Most of those acronyms have 5 different matches in our acronym tool. So then I spend another 20 minutes... — read more 

Next week we will hear how the future plans are unfolding for CX. Let’s hope some leaders will be held accountable for the mess they created/supported. If not, can’t understand how CX moves forward. These aren’t new problems. They are long standing... — read more 

Specifically in what I’m seeing it’s Indian leaders blocking moves to other teams. Some of these moves are very clearly for the benefit of the business and the people would do better on the new team. Where another leader is coming to them to advocate... — read more 

I have left Cisco and became a programmer. Yesterday i shared a great Python post here. but it was deleted. I mean people not only need a place to talk but also need some guide if there's layoff. not sure why my post was deleted.

And send more jobs overseas?

Jensen Huang the CEO of NVIDA is at HPE discover keynote 2 days ago in Las Vegas Tom Brady was at Cisco Live Keynote 3 weeks ago at the same location in Las Vegas you see the difference? no true tech person/company wants to be associated to CSCO — read more 

Is there a possibility that this is true?

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday.

I hate to be so negative but from where I sit I mostly see people who are riding out the ends of their career or people who are working on immigration status. So many top engineers moved on a long time ago and enticing new ones to join is nearly... — read more 

we are no policy makers at Cisco, not happy with current status? move on

Impressions from CLUS 2024 Everything is around AI and Security, HW business is out of spotlight. It seems that Splunk acquired Cisco and not the opposite. GS behaves as the big boss of overall business. Challenging times is a head of us....