One and a half year has passed since I joined Cisco in APJC. I left Cisco about 21 years ago and came back. But I soon realized that I'd made a big mistake. It turned out that the company had become totally a different company. I've been feeling so shocked, disappointed, discouraged, upset, and disgruntled, frustrated every single day although I've been working from home still due to the pandemic.
My manager is younger than I by over 10 years. He's been at Cisco for 22 years. (I can't believe anyone would stay at the same company for such a long long time! Doesn't he have any motivation or any plan for life?) He doesn't have any work experience outside Cisco, but due to his long tenure, he bosses over me. (This is the first time for me to have a non-English speaking manager, which is also so stressing for me.)
I just cannot believe that the company has become like this, full of young, immature, childish, professionally inexperienced and unskilled employees without any prior work experience outside Cisco. Is this company what I used to love? I often wonder why and when the company has become like this, filled with quiet, characterless, low-key, nonchalant, sneaky staff in 20's, 30's and 40's, always trying to hide themselves in order to survive at this company, who don't speak or who don't even show their faces in any meeting.
And all of those works, tasks, activities, and projects are handled by those who have been at Cisco for over 15 years or more, and they are the ones who always get Recognition Awards by their colleagues or the company. They never let anyone from outside Cisco (e.g., anyone from MS, VZ, JNPR, CTXS, AMZN, SF, VM, etc.) do anything, then I often wonder why the company has hired people with solid career and expertise who previously worked at other US tech companies. They just never let them (and me) lead any work, any project. They just ignore them (and me). Obviously those people and me have better and more solid professional experiences than people who've been only at Cisco for 20 years.
Just so much. It's time. I just need to get out. It's not just boring every day, but I'm also wasting my time without being able to gain any new skill or experience as long as I'm here.
And I have a question. Every month, we received an email with a list of Open Positions from Talent Acquisition team. I check if any of those positions would match me at all, but it's few and far between. I also get skeptical if any of those positions would still make me feel upset and disgruntled as long as I stay at this company even if I could move to another position.
Has anyone moved to another position at this company? Are you feeling better now? Are you feeling the same? Or perhaps, are you feeling even worse with a new position because you're still at Cisco?
Does an internal move within Cisco make any difference after all?