Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Lacking in clarity

Why do SVP and above feel they need to write War and Peace emails on re-orgs, full of cyclical nonsense and fluffy words that in the end say nothing about what the changes really mean? Good gracious, the emails from MM and SW were eye-pokingly dumb consultant speak. No wonder they can't articulate a product or services strategy. Everything is about 'synergy' and 'acceleration' and 'transformation' and 'leverage' and blah blah blah.

Well said, @kjb+196eax5P.

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"OP literally just copied and pasted another comment from another thread. " Maybe he wrote it first as a response and then noticed it's worthy of a separate post ?

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Post ID: @3wjh+197aYMwJ

OP literally just copied and pasted another comment from another thread. Flattery? Laziness?

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Post ID: @2cll+197aYMwJ

It's not easy competing against monopolies and duopolies as a small business.

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Post ID: @2tvz+197aYMwJ

This is why people start their own businesses and flourish ! They get sick of the corporate BS and offer the real deal!

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Post ID: @1xqd+197aYMwJ

Man, I thought exactly the same but all execs have done this for years. And they getting paid for it. I especially loved the sentence in MM's email about the new strategy creating all these new jobs (probably mainly on the mgmt level). What they don't say is how many jobs will be lost with her new strategies!

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Post ID: @1oxa+197aYMwJ

The reason is "brevity is the soul of wit" and the SVPs are witless.

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Post ID: @1lnt+197aYMwJ

My SVP writes like a child. Although she hires a team of expensive consultants to write her emails. Anything left from her budget is spent on purchasing industry awards to promote on Linkedin... the definition of a true psychopath

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Post ID: @dhh+197aYMwJ

Do you really think they wrote those?

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