Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Interesting comments when most companies have travel restrictions

Chuck -E -Cheese likes math , but he cant make the stock go up.
Weird

Cisco has a process?

There are no important customers in central/flyover country.

Hahahah. The central AVP is a joke. It used to work in NYC and had the worst reputation. Scary, those are the people Chuck wants running Cisco. Look around, most of the good talent is gone. Central was on top back when BM and SH were running Enterprise. Also MD messed Enterprise up when he was running it.

Yeah, my paper got accepted for an important industry conference, and I cannot travel to present.

I'm betting you were let go for not selling squat for many quarters. Most everyone in the sales cycle are not great and the numbers prove this.

This is nonsense. Travel is restricted for everyone not just TSAs.

Webex works fine for TSAs. Who are these customers that need them in person to go through the deck?

Just ask AMs and SAs regardless of segment. They will verify that the travel restrictions and Agile TSA / C2E are costing us opportunities. The competitors are using our processes against us. The AVPs and SEDs are unwilling to actually stand up for their people that they are supposed to be leading. Instead they say suck it up and deal with it. Our AVP and SED in Central are useless. They are so out of touch with the field. Some of the most arrogant “leaders” I have seen in my career.

Sounds little contrived.

I'd like to thank Cisco too. When I realized the hypocrisy in this company, I knew I had to get out. I accelerated my debt pay off plan and then saved as much as I could. With my loans paid off, I felt more confident to break away. My new job pays about the same, but I don't even care. These people are more interested in manipulating minds than providing quality services to their customers. So thank you Cisco, for helping me to break away from the clutches of serfdom.

Lol do you want to demonstrate on this doll where Cisco touched you

I am an SA. The part about our architecture teams not allowed to travel is true. I was forwarded an email that stated they must use technology over travel. Certain types of meetings don’t resonate as much from a technical perspective over webex. That is the reality. We are seeing losses that typically are very reliable customers to competitors.

As for the Agile TSA and Click to Expert, it is completely awful and embarrassing in front of customers. If you don’t believe it, then go ask a bunch of AMs and SAs on how it is working for Data Center and EN. I guarantee you that the vast majority will tell you it is awful and it is costing us deals.

They need to track losses due to architecture teams not traveling and trying to use Agile TSA and Click to Expert.

Riiiiight - we're all sure you're winning big! Everybody knows how productive lunch and dinner meetings are, they're soooooo out of this world. You must be crushing it. Ki----g it! We'd love to have you back so bad but now we can't afford you anymore.

I don’t believe you

Wow