Not surprising at all. Better start cleaning up them resumes! https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uVYQRbN
Bonus after quitting
Are you eligible to get your bonus for the months you worked even if you quit?
skunk destroyed in court wins $1
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fair-wins-court-sides-cribl-203500790.html Ruling affirms fair use for interoperability in the tech industry; Splunk awarded $1 for copyright and contract violations SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)... — read more
Merger Monday 18-3-2024?
RIP Splunk
remember this?
It was a s-xual harassment lawsuit against Skunk filed in October 2023. That lawsuit was settled yesterday, on March 1, 2024 literally the next day, when they went into court on February 29, 2024. It meant that Cisco didn't want to inherit any... — read more
Cisco to cut 5% Global Workforce x/posting
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1r5sgaXs
Joining Splunk
Thoughts on joining Splunk right now? Going through interviews currently.
past exec terminations are laughable
Skunk is know for firing people left and right at all levels. This is a list of termination agreements with former execs including former CEO Doug Merritt. These agreements force execs to waive all liabilities including being fired fir age... — read more
Any new info on layoffs?
Is there any new info on layoffs? How many will be cut during integration? I haven’t heard much. Some say that maybe half of us will not make it to Cisco. Is that true?
Gary and Petra broadcasting from Davos. Brace for impact in February
Agenda 2030 . You will lose your job and they will get woke richer. I'm afraid February is going to be a bloodbath.
A Log Analytics and SIEM company - Stay away if possible
Company suxs at all levels Observability strategy is a joke and ppl are getting burnout with the exception of Chucky and Gary seems to be happy.
SPLK silently letting go old an new timer splunkers
I had an scheduled meeting last week with a fellow splunker and the individual never showed up . When I have tried to contact him I've realized he has been terminated . This is EMEA and looks like it's a continuation of the thanksgiven bloodbath. ... — read more
splunk cisco shareholder lawsuit its behind a pay wall but you get it
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/splunk-sued-for-alleged-misrepresentations-in-cisco-buyout-proxy Splunk Inc. and its directors allegedly misrepresented key details about a proposed acquisition of the company by Cisco Systems Inc. in a... — read more
Cisco Stock Tanks And Hearing Noise That Cisco May Back Out Of Splunk Deal
Cisco laying off 20K employees with their orders down over 20%
Splunk layoffs hit senior workers in San Francisco, Silicon Valley
Splunk's Bay Area workforce is taking one on the chin amid the company's latest downsizing. The San Francisco-based software company last week announced plans to cut about 560 employees, 7% of its global workforce. Now, newly posted California... — read more
Splunk phantom
Now that Splunk has been acquired, what's happening with the phantom product as we just got it stable
Why were so many experienced employees laid off?
Why not fire newcomers? Those who joined a year or two ago?
I haven't heard of any layoffs today
Was yesterday it?
Too many good people lost
I'm not sure whose idea it was to lay off some of our best people, but whoever made that decision is an id--t. I understand that people with more experience earn more, but if you get rid of them you are also getting rid of important institutional... — read more
SF-based Splunk to lay off 7% of workforce after being acquired by Cisco
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/sf-based-splunk-to-lay-off-7-of-workforce-after-being-acquired-by-cisco/amp/ SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco-based cybersecurity firm Splunk announced Wednesday that it will lay off 7% of its workers. The... — read more
Hatchet job
Layoffs started today. Everyone’s in the dark. Leadership has no idea what’s happening, many managers are on vacation. Not related to Cisco acquisition my a-s.
Splunk is firing people rather than laying them off
I've noticed more firings taking place than usual in the last few months. This is starting to look like the company is trying to thin out the workforce but without any extra expenses, such as severance. I have to admit, this is much scarier than... — read more
San Francisco Tech Company Sued over ‘Frat Boy Culture,’ S-xual Harassment Claims
This will be getting communicated to Cisco HR. The chickens have come home to roost. https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/13/san-francisco-tech-splunk-sued-s-xual-harassment/
splunk will settle
There are at least 2 class action shareholder lawsuits related to securities fraud that skunk has to settle. I'm assuming cisco has calculated these costs into their offer. It's a headache to resolve because they inherit all lawsuits and liabilities. — read more
The slower the integration, the slower the layoffs
Long time Cisco employee here. I started as part of an acquisition. A word of advice: Drag your feet on every integration to cisco tools, services, and experiences, and jump to a new Cisco team at your first opportunity. Cisco buys acquisitions... — read more
Aquisition is planned to close Q3/2024
Deal is planned to close Q3/2024. In mean time Splunk has enough time to cleanup/trim their Employee base to make the aquisition more attractive for Cisco. With result these people will be layed-off before close and don't get any benefit from their... — read more
Splunk finally acquired!
By Cisco... fun times ahead. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cisco-to-acquire-splunk-to-help-make-organizations-more-secure-and-resilient-in-an-ai-powered-world-301934777.html
Best Glassdoor Review for Skunk
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Splunk-RVW26386982.htm 0 May 30, 2019 Most Disgusting Place to Work Anonymous Employee Former Employee Recommend CEO Approval Business Outlook Pros The benefits are good enough. Cons An... — read more
A Sinking Ship of Incompetence and Disappointment
Wow. Spot on. Had to share. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Splunk-RVW75686688.htm A Sinking Ship of Incompetence and Disappointment Product Manager Former Employee, more than 3 years Seattle, WA Recommend CEO... — read more
Gold Partner for 10 years
I have never posted on here, but heard of this site from one of my employees. I am a gold partner of splunk's with over 20 years of tech/security and splunk exp. Never in my time have I experienced the arrogance I come across or just the d-mb... — read more
Reminded of my illustrious Splunk Mgmt Team Recently
Speaking to some colleagues from the company I was at before Splunk, I was pleasantly reminded of a story with one of my managers at splunk. I was going down to see a customer contact. The customer contact told us several times he could meet myself... — read more
another round of layoffs?
Anyone know details?
Ouch….New Leadership Is Horrendous
Spot on from someone there for 5 years….not 17 days. Even funnier. Like only one good thing about working there. RIP Splunk. Pros Pay - Benefits - Work Life Balance Cons Zero opportunities for promotion. - Internal opportunities are limited. -... — read more
Went back to my prior employer
Go to splunk, here for few months, asked to get into class trip mode on a trip and to all and get on that site to all know where everyone is coming in from to all get an Uber together. Like, never in my tech career was a company trying to be so cheap... — read more
Forma
I remember several years ago they had some stipend for employees to get 400-500 a quarter to get massages or therapy cause splunkers were so stressed out from “working” (partying, getting high); now I wonder how the shareholders of a publicly traded... — read more
Splunk Pricing…
Shocker…. Splunk no longer publishes pricing information so prospective buyers should contact the company for a quote. Splunk offers legacy ingest pricing in addition to entity pricing and workload pricing. Workload pricing is being positioned as... — read more