Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

1000% Fake news. Delete this thread please.

Mike Quinn just didn't know any better that it wasn't his business to chase folks leaking information. Threatening the mole was pretty id--tic.

Mike Quinn was a true Cisco employee, but Cisco did not give a damn about his loyalty or dedication, he was shown the door not long after his viral rant of "I will now make finding you my hobby."

@2lyn+1h1Mmejv and anyone who is curios about the ex-CIA dude who used to work at Cisco (well he got booted out of Cisco too), for more detail go here.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/2223473/cisco-vp-to-memo-leaker--finding-you-is-now--my-hobby-.html

What about connecting to a VPN over that Cisco network, actually make it double VPN......

@2jon+1h1Mmejv "Sure, I've heard of it. I don't find it an effective way of working. Maybe I do more work than you because my mobile plan would start throttling my speeds by the middle of the month based on how much data I send/receive while working, even on "unlimited" plans."

What about the internet SSID for ''guests"? Speeds are great, no up/down limits. Available in every office.

Hey I'd like to hear the CIA guy story!

...Ever heard of mobile internet aka hotspot on your smart phone or some other hotspot device that connects to a cellular network? Well, one can bring in the exact make/model of Thinkpad or Mac as supplied by Cisco. ...

Sure, I've heard of it. I don't find it an effective way of working. Maybe I do more work than you because my mobile plan would start throttling my speeds by the middle of the month based on how much data I send/receive while working, even on "unlimited" plans.

If you want to buy and work on a sh---y ThinkPad, go right ahead. But regardless of using a ThinkPad or a Mac that matches Cisco's current lineups, people know that you only get to have the old and new laptops for about a month, 6 wks tops, so having two laptops year round would be very suspicious.

I've seen people try to moonlight and get fired. Does that mean no one can get away with it, no. I'm sure some do. But I'm also sure that the laws of averages means that sooner or later, one of the multiple companies you're moonlighting for will figure it out and can your a$$. Have fun.

Oh yea, I remember that CIA dude. That was hilarious. Times were simpler back then, when all you had to worry about was the possibility of getting detained and waterboarded before leaving for the day...

@vts+1h1Mmejv working in a Cisco office does not mean that one has to connect to the Cisco network. Ever heard of mobile internet aka hotspot on your smart phone or some other hotspot device that connects to a cellular network?
Well, one can bring in the exact make/model of Thinkpad or Mac as supplied by Cisco. If someone asks you why you have more than 1 laptop, tell them to "mind your damn business" or you can be polite and say you're moving your data over from one laptop to the other. Shhhhh, don't disclose this info to HR or some nosey mgr like that dude who used to work for CIA but was let go after he said that he's going to sniff out the person who is leaking Cisco's info to some rumor blog. Shhhhhhhh, again!

How does Cisco know that employees are working 2 or more jobs while still working at Cisco? ... I can do those 2 jobs while in a Cisco office too, so I don't see how Cisco is going to stop people from "moonlighting". It will be just an inconvenience for me, that's all.

You realize Cisco is a networking company, right? Network monitoring is sort of a thing here. Sure, you can work multiple jobs from home if you're smart enough to use each job's laptop for that company's work and not mix the two, but once you go into the Cisco office you're on Cisco's network regardless of what laptop you use. Not to mention people in the office would wonder why you have non-standard Cisco laptops at your desk.

While not quite the same thing, I had a guy on my team back between '08-'11 who was a contractor and was working multiple jobs at the same time. The difference was, he was sub-contracting his own Cisco work out to someone in India, so all his work took a day to turn around, even simple changes to work he'd supposedly done. I wonder how many of his "jobs" he actually worked and how many he sub-contracted out. It was a huge failure on his part and we decided not to use his contracting vendor again, so you know they'll never place him at a client again having cost them a lucrative client like Cisco.

it was Elon M, you dimwit

Please don't make me go back. I want to WFH. The horror - I need a safe space to cry. Chuck please keep those buildings empty.

Is this just a copy cat post from one of the layoff followrs. Appears so as I have many friends at Cisco in high places that did not hear anything about this.

Robbins with 2 Bs, if you want to troll at least do it properly

BS post - the guy trying to create some rumors at the back of Elon's email to TESLA execs.

HR post, definitely!

I have been pretending to work for the past 15 years and I'm very confident I can continue to do so till I reach my retirement at age 55. Nothing beats experience.

This is BS. This was Elon Musk's email to Tesla. Cisco has long touted hybrid work and any employee would know that.

The OP is about as well written as the BS spam that gets blocked from my inbox. At least try to make the fake content look real. Mind you, I’m no fan of CR, but this is obvious BS. The RTP closing troll needed something new to write. Lol

As a stockholder, this is great news

As if anyone would confuse Chuck for Elon.

This is misinformation. That quote about "Departing" was from Elon Musk re: Tesla. Do better, troll.

"... Chuck hinted at some employees moonlighting at other companies while still employed at Cisco"

How does Cisco know that employees are working 2 or more jobs while still working at Cisco? I call this BS, I been doing this for over 3 yrs now. PS: I put in only 2 hrs of work for Cisco per day, the rest is spent working at my other 2 jobs and chilling at home. I can do those 2 jobs while in a Cisco office too, so I don't see how Cisco is going to stop people from "moonlighting". It will be just an inconvenience for me, that's all.

Thanks for disturbing my AM WebEx nap by that startling revelation.

Now I am triggered!