Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Once again we are the best

I can't understand how, I can't understand who the people they keep surveying for these lists are since nobody I know would put Cisco anywhere near the top, but it happened again. Cisco is apparently once gain the best company to work for.

https://fortune.com/best-companies/2021/

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Post ID: @OP+1akS6kAg

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anyone heard of fraud in voting lately?
😂

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Post ID: @fvun+1akS6kAg

Just quit already and stop your useless bi**hing

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Post ID: @6zgy+1akS6kAg

The West Is The Best

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Post ID: @4pdv+1akS6kAg

I was a senior manager in Juniper before. We all knew that the title of the best company to work for could be bought. It doesn't mean anything. It only meant Cisco had the highest bid and can only fool Chuck himself. It is st—d.

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Post ID: @4ywv+1akS6kAg

Hmm Google and Facebooks arent there in top 10 but Cisco is 1... something doesnt feel right.. is there some special membership thats required..

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Post ID: @3osm+1akS6kAg
If the lines on black communities were not so long then they wouldn't have to bring anything.

Hah,hah, that’s funny. You don’t see the contradiction in your “logic?”
If the voter suppressor was so successful, and minorites were too st—d to get ID like you say, then there wouldn’t be any lines, would there?

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Post ID: @3qrx+1akS6kAg

If that’s what you took away from that bill, you need comprehension training.

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Post ID: @3pxp+1akS6kAg

@2evv+1akS6kAg - I read the bill. And so did the executives and companies that are against it. Bring your own bottle of water? Your own food? If the lines on black communities were not so long then they wouldn't have to bring anything. They would vote and be gone in 5 minutes or so. And that's exactly the issue: the party that cannot win anymore making sure they will win by making voting difficult if not impossible for those who don't vote for them.

All lawsuits about voter fraud were denied by various courts. There wasn't voter fraud. There were too many people voting, and that is what this bill is trying to prevent. Companies - like Cisco - are not having it and if you are not happy, you can leave.

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Post ID: @3xmt+1akS6kAg

For me Cisco was the best company to work for.

I never worked a day in my life, never stressed out over anything and when my number got called Cisco gave me a bunch of money to leave. I'll never get a gig like that again.

Meanwhile my ex-colleagues tried to play the political game, worked long hours, never took PTO and what happened when the same fate befell them? Scrambling to reach out to all their contacts and beg for any open positions. They were the typical wannabe tuff guys that always complain on this site while puckering up to their managers and directors.

Ah memories...

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Post ID: @3npv+1akS6kAg

"So much whining about Cisco positioning on Georgia voting law. We all ready it and it's all about preventing people from voting so one party can start winning again.". You obviously can't read. NY has stricter voting laws. Ga doesn't want absentee ballots mass mailed to anyone and everyone, they don't want ballot boxes on every corner monitored. They want to have actual monitoring of any recounting by both parties, not one. They want actual citizens that are who they say they are voting. They don't want any group (either party) handing out water or food to people in line. Bring a bottle of water, it's not that difficult. And bottom line who cares what anyone outside of Georgia thinks. You are full of it if you say you read the bill. That or you have zero ability to comprehend what's there and are just another lemming spewing the party line garbage. Total low information goon.

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Post ID: @2evv+1akS6kAg

Regarding

"Not all teams are created equally..."

Enjoy your current day in the politically-correct sun.

I was on a great team in the mid 2000s.

Our Senior Director flew us all out to California for a three day planning off-site up in the redwoods at a resort.

Great team event. We were a popular well-known and "producing" team.

Eventually he (understandably) moved on, after several years; nothing lasts forever.

The political vultures descended on our team's ample budget for their own pet projects.

Fast forward five years.

Our whole original team is gone. Many LRs. Candidly all us over 45-ish white dudes were first to go on LRs. Then subsequent LRs added the diversity of higher salaried Asian management.

Some of the best times on that team. Gone. Some of the hardest working people I knew. Gone. For what?

If you think you are in a good place, "...not all teams are created equally...", yes count your current blessings, but don't get too comfortable.

All it takes is a "bad" quarter and one key group leader to go, then your team will be dissected in LR cycles.

Been there, done that.

Stay woke. Everything is fine. Really.

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Post ID: @2fbj+1akS6kAg

Just do the maths after answering these questions:

  • how many employees in India?
  • how many employees in Europe?
  • who is impacted by layoff?

I once received a survey and I’m not based in India, I honestly fulfilled it in but my kind of answer is clearly outnumbered

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Post ID: @2eof+1akS6kAg

That will turn out to be the most chilling quote of the 21st century - if it survives the memory h–e.

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Post ID: @1ccj+1akS6kAg

Sounds like what happened to native american indians:

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every statue & street building renamed, every date altered. And the process continues day by day... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right"

George Orwell (1984)

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Post ID: @1ucp+1akS6kAg

Good group? With the constant re-orgs and layoffs, how long would a "good group" last in this toxic environment. It's all about self-promotion and kissing up these days to survive another year.

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Post ID: @1srt+1akS6kAg

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every statue & street building renamed, every date altered. And the process continues day by day... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right"

  • George Orwell (1984)
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Post ID: @1gja+1akS6kAg

So much whining about Cisco positioning on Georgia voting law. We all ready it and it's all about preventing people from voting so one party can start winning again. If you don't like Cisco position, quit. Maybe My Pillow guy is hiring.

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Post ID: @1dcu+1akS6kAg

To the last poster's point Cisco is big enough you can have a vastly different experience depending on the team.

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Post ID: @1tow+1akS6kAg

If the list is legit to some people then it is safe to say they are in a good group for the most part. Trust me there are some cr—y teams in Cisco that would warrant some people to leave, others see it "why leave". Sometimes it relative to luck, you see this more common for interns who get a return offer but declined it because they didn't like the work or environment.

That is why people have different opinions at Cisco and would want to leave, not because they are lazy, d–b, etc. Ask yourself if you had bad teammates or manager or boring work at a top tier company, would you leave?

Not all teams are created equally.

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Post ID: @1vzi+1akS6kAg

Most of the tools saying it's the greatest have not been there much longer than 2 years if that. You could see it in the chat about how they just started, blah blah blah. Then add the usual brown nosers going on about how glad they are that cisco is adding their voice to Georgia's voting laws. The fact cisco hires people with zero ability to read what the law actually has in it tells you volumes about why the code is so bad, why the support has went into the trash heap, and that cisco is not a technology company. It is a lib funding source that hires "special" people to show how woke they are.

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Post ID: @1wuk+1akS6kAg

The survey was performed by Great Place to Work®. They don't pick people at random to fill out their survey. It is a fixed game. Fran sends them a list of names.

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Post ID: @1mud+1akS6kAg

I've been at the company for 10+ years, and never been given a survey once.
If you are outside of Cisco, know, that this is a false, doctored survey.
Everyone on the inside, laughs when these come out :)

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Post ID: @1idb+1akS6kAg

It doesn't matter to the people working there. They can see through it. I suppose some su—r in the interview process could be influenced by this bogus ranking.

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Post ID: @hcp+1akS6kAg

They hire a LOT of H1B workers. I recall a manager asking everyone to fill out the survey.

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Post ID: @gwv+1akS6kAg

keep 'em coming chuckie

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Post ID: @lid+1akS6kAg

Have you considered you are the complainer, and most employees are happy?

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Post ID: @drx+1akS6kAg

Other companies don't care about influencing Forbes rankings. Do you think Tesla or Amazon care about Forbes rankings? They are focused on new products and increasing revenue.

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Post ID: @cvf+1akS6kAg

Cisco does not have the power to influence this. Other companies would also like to influence it.

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Post ID: @euj+1akS6kAg

What a joke

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Post ID: @opw+1akS6kAg

Glassdoor is real info from unfiltered sources.
Cisco isn’t even close to the top at 46

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Post ID: @tuy+1akS6kAg

Fortune is owned by a Thailand company that sells Cisco advertising and "consulting services". The rankings are bought by Cisco.

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Post ID: @vis+1akS6kAg

Pay for play...

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Post ID: @joq+1akS6kAg

This is based on employee feedback, which everyone knows that if you put anything less then 5 stars you get a call.... Highest rating is the only acceptable rating.

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