Cisco has named Gary Steele as President of Go-to-Market, effective immediately. Steele is well known for his operational excellence, and in this new role, he will work closely with Robbins to set and execute against Cisco's strategic plans and... — read more 

With Jeff Sharritts leaving (let go) what is the future of sales going to look like? Will there be a complete 180 in sales orgs, goals, etc? These next few months are going to be interesting to say the least

I imagine they will cut your access to everything excepting maybe a few things that you still need to use to communicate with HR and whatever? What is it still accessible to an employee that was just LRed? What happens with the gear you have (meraki... — read more 

You all ready to hear nonsense on stage Triple digit growth Splunk/sp--k Hyper shield

Hello - I worked for Cisco for 11 great years and was recently LR'd this past February. A ex-colleague of mine told me about this site and asked if I could come share a little 'insider' information about how Cisco operates. I was hesitant at first... — read more 

It’s amazing that we are still filling strategy roles aligned to a VP whilst we create lists to lay people off. Can someone help me understand what that role does vs the VP, SR. directors and Directors that exist on the teams already? None of the... — read more 

Space to announce layoffs and any details you want to provide.

I want to give an update here and the other place since I last posted this 3 months ago. I am still looking after fifteen months. I haven’t found anything IT after fifteen months and starting to get depressed.. I hear the average time for finding... — read more 

Folks, are there any secrets to survive LR? Can't keep living in fear of losing my job (regardless of my performance) while you have a mortgage and family to take care of... please advise

How sad is it that with every upcoming earnings report there are rampant discussions and rumors of yet another LR? Really great for morale, isn't it?

With huge partner ecosystem, time to outsource commodity hardware sales to partner community. Focus on software, integration and recurring revenue. Reduce the cost of Sales. No brainer !!!

Are the lists for May 15th in can any management confirm?

Never been laid off but it might happen. I heard that they either pay you a prorated difference or they keep you insured for a while. How about other benefits likedental and vision?

What’s the story of this new workday thing to record our accomplishments in workday? And why it starts two day before earning call?

I'm quitting very soon. Fed up with Meraki. Fed up with upper management. Fed up with no direction. Fed up with my manager who constantly pings me when anything comes up. Meraki has lost its culture, drive and innovation ever since Cisco has really... — read more 

New tactics is managing employees out with toxic atmosphere, bad reviews, forcing to quit on their own, directing to HR who provides smaller package to quit, put on PIP and out, finally the LR. Seems LR is still a better safe choice compared to other... — read more 

What do you think the future of AppD will be after the recent announcements?

Last week some of the CX braintrust got together to figure out some organizational overlaps. Still can’t believe the very people that enabled the mess were asked to fix it.

Your SEs can be technical or they can be mini-AMs. Pick one.

Any insights on how many people are impacted this time? Any impact on Sales and Meraki?

Manager has been emailing me the last couple of days asking what I am working on, timelines, projects, etc. Never had this happen before and it’s a week before the earnings call and LRs….Coincidence? I think not.

Wat is ur prediction?

Biggest problem with GSSO is the fact that they are overlay, and they don’t hold responsibility and account relationship. CSS merely an opportunity coordinator that helps account team to get TSA resources, and they are just throwing all the work to... — read more 

This company is getting rid of managers - sweet deal Cisco do this https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/11/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-ceo-bill-anderson-rid-bosses-staff-self-organize-save-2-billion/

EC and TS have decimated security sales. 3 LRs and 4th LR is in the works. CSSs and engineers cannot be experts in 30 solutions. No other competitor has their sales and engineers trying to be experts in everything. Even PAN has their specialists... — read more 

To Cisco folks who are unhappy and are under stress due to the perpetual layoff culture and because of the total lack of appreciation of their values as professionals: If you believe you are good, possess up-to-dated skillsets relevant to current... — read more 

OpenAI is the hottest company in the world, if you have the skill sets, maybe you can try: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3915654057 I have left Cisco but I do appreciate for all the help I receive from Cisco colleagues. Hope it helps. Be... — read more 

Corporate renegade, some may know him personelly and most of us will know him with this blog name Corporate renegade. He is fine and doing well. Not interest anymore after JC left but he as still good connections in HQ and Atlanta.....Board concern... — read more 

Security sales hit definitely in upcoming May LR. They are going to transfer the accounts to Splunk people in any account where there is an overlap and get rid of the Cisco employees . So, you should know who you are. Heads up to update your CVs and... — read more 

Chambers Built a good Bench Strength of CEO Material folks in line for succession Unlike Chambers , Current CEO has removed all if not Most of folks who could succeed him . succession cast Jonathan Liz Jeetu Fran Jeff Thimaya Anyone else... — read more 

The death spiral has already started. When a company stops caring about retaining talent and instead focuses exclusively on retaining and hiring the cheapest workforce, then its days are numbered. Cisco might be too big to fail completely, but our... — read more 

There is a big time layoff coming in CX and PX engineering/PMO with latest restructuring. With no ROI in CX on the offering and Cisco unable to sell and increase revenue. ELT has to make tough decision to blow the whistle. Where all engineering... — read more 

Is there any evidence or anything pointing to this?

Hapless, sales driven leadership, who grew up in the 90s cisco, now betting it all on too-late me-too acquisitions in an attempt to silver-bullet salvage some degree of shareholder value at the expense of talented engineers, field teams and loyal... — read more 

Are you ready or you don't care anymore?!?

More and more people have stopped giving a damn and it’s obvious...

How many impacted employees do we think will be announced on the May earnings? I have a feeling it will be on par or larger than last quarters. You can't spend 28 billion and keep everything the same.

As an experienced professional with multiple CCIEs and many years in the industry, I'm concerned about the quality of hiring and management decisions being made in our region. Our one-on-one meetings with the manager seem to lack focus on... — read more 

So many companies are posting jobs but they're not actively hiring. Does anybody know why this is happening?

Is a Sr Manager is a leadership role, then what are the roles sr director and above? Sr Manager is entry-level manager role and not a leadership role. For that matter, anyone can call himself as a leader irrespective of his title.