Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Cisco is becoming GE for a reason. There are so many ex-GE’s in management.

I voted best place to work. Good a $500 Visa gift card for my efforts. Love Cisco!!!

I got the survey. Got an email 7/19/2019. Survey closed 7/24/2019. Email came from Great Place to Work.

You are claiming that you received a survey on a Friday and the survey closed on the following Wednesday? And somehow Great Place To Work magically had your email on a list somewhere?

You are either a liar, or you are in marketing or HR (both of which make you a career liar).

So a company with frequent layoffs, especially for white 50+ employees is the best place to work? Absolutely not. And the US department of labor is investigating Cisco for discriminatory practices. Between the layoffs and the discrimination, Cisco is definitely not a good place to work.

Of course this comment will deleted by moderators soon though this comment does not violate any site rule.

Liar

Cisco was voted "World's Best Workplaces 2019" on Great Places to Work: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces-international/world-s-best-workplaces/2019

I got the survey. Got an email 7/19/2019. Survey closed 7/24/2019. Email came from Great Place to Work.

I was surprised to read Cisco was voted #1 workplace in the world. With the constant LRs every year, you would think the employee morale would be very low. It certainly impacted my morale over the years! Then after being recognized as a 20 year employee in May, I was LR'd in July. I was devastated! The company shows no loyalty to their long-term employees. With $50B in annual revenues there is no excuse for annual/bi-annual LRs en masse. Maybe pluck a few here and there but thousands at a time every year is simply cold-hearted - especially for a company that espouses "the Cisco family". My mantra for many years was Cisco was 'the greatest company on earth', but no more.

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The post referring to GE is what I fear most. I've heard high level Cisco excutives say that Cisco can do anything because it is the king now. The hubris is very real. GE's fall is a reminder that being the leader in a market is something you retain only if you continually earn it. One day you can wake up and it is gone, and all that marketing and HR rah-rah will be seen retrospectively as a terrible sideshow. This can happen to any company.

Cisco has ads on this site :-)

Describing actions and not people will NOT keep your posts (or entire threads) from being deleted. Certain topics are forbidden and the moderators will simply delete the.

I’ve read it too, good read, but had some personal insults. That could be the reason why it got purged. Recently read this
here https://www.thelayoff.com/h/delete

TOP TIP#1 - Don't post derogatory comments aimed at people; only their actions.

I saw your original post also and upvoted it - Awesome post, awesome information. If this site wants to keep people coming to it, deleting your posts is counterproductive. Your kind of posts are the ones I come here to read!

I saw your original post and commented on it. My responses added some detail, and were also deleted. I think most people see through this stunt. Morale is at an all-time low. Leadership is failing. The company as we’ve always known it is in its twilight years.

If these jokers remain at the helm, Cisco becomes a GE. Just a giant holding company that sells a bunch of different stuff, none of which works together.