With so many people leaving GSSO, layoffs may not be needed. Too many big names and notable names have left. One person in of itself is not a big deal but when there is a significant collective number of VP, Directors, Managers, and Individual Contributors leaving, then there is something bigger going on.
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If you are not female and/or minority, your days of mobility are greatly numbered.
@jkb You are spot on. There is a lack of experience at the executive sales and engineering levels. I am amazed how long this has been allowed to go on for.
Other than AH and JL, who else has left of importance?
It is not just at the executive level. It is up and down the management chain. There are some good managers and leaders but there are too many that do not have a clue in leading or security sales. Our security RM came from the core sales team about 2 years ago and was arrogant when he came in about how he has sold security for years. He does nothing to really help us and spends more time sneaking out to play golf and go places that no one has an idea where he is. He thinks we don’t realize how often he is on the golf course during the work week. It is funny as when he is on the golf course he will open up Teams so he goes active from time to time to make it look like he is working. Most of the team knows better. He barks orders and comments in our team room as if we are not selling or don’t know how to do our job. He takes too much credit for things he has not done just to try and show he can lead security sales. One of the worse sales managers I have had in my sales career.
The executives running GSSO Sales and Engineering are from the core sales and engineering team from many years ago. Cisco’s philosophy is that the individuals from the core teams are much better equipped to lead the architectures. That is not always the case especially in security. GSSO missed an opportunity to bring in real security sales and engineering executives who can build a sales vision and strategy then execute on it.
There is a very fundamental problem in GSSO and it is a lack of experienced executive leadership on the sales and engineering side. They are in over their head and it is becoming more obvious with each passing week. Good people managers don’t make good executives. To lead a global sales and engineering organization, takes vision. Those two do not have it. GSSO needs real executive leadership.
@udn+1e6OxyUp I agree, I’m starting to very concerned at the number and quality of people leaving voluntarily. Mostly going to significant competitors.
This might suit Cisco’s OPEX but doesn’t bode well for the future.
All departments are bleeding but it's in GSSO the hemorrhage is the most severe.