Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

The negative ratings on comments on requiring coming in to the office, as well as the positive ratings on comments supporting WFH; are true indicators of why this company is in trouble.

Work means go to work. Not hide at home. Not stay in sweatpants all day. Not nap.

Work means get up early, before sunrise. Get ready for work. Iron your clothes. Prepare for the day. Go in. Present. Interact.

When you loose the push to meet as teams, in person; you loose effectiveness and never establish true teamwork.

That lack of team performance, and lack of the leadership discipline to lead by example; putting in long hours in the office...are gone for good.

This company will never recover. Because it lacks the discipline to mandate in person attendance. Then again, who can ultimately blame employees, when there is no review system, steep bonus structure, stock options, and merit promotions.

I don't think WFH is a big deal. How many people would show up to an office and stand around the "Water cooler" for hours at a time gossiping. How many people took extended lunch breaks? And ever since online shopping became available, I am sure people spend a good amount of time doing that, even in the office. No one wants a micro manager standing over their shoulders. I can only answer for myself, but I get online earlier and stay later WFH. Sure, it has other perks, but in the end bad employees will be bad regardless of where they are at.

everyone is going to hate me but one reason why we are failing is that we are not in front of the customer selling, that simple. No way you can push the cr-p we design or poorly code, its all about the person who orders liking you, period. They buy, and hope it works and go play golf or go to stripp club with seller, done and done. Going on webex with ppt that shows how stupid they would be not to buy this junk is coming home to rest. No travel budget no sales, wake up.

WFH has become the big crutch excuse for not actually working.

Work means physically going to work, period. Immersion. A big part of team productivity is the required in-person attendance and contribution. People need to be held accountable for their witnessed live contribution and participation, in person.

WFH is an excuse not to work, especially when so prevalent in a company with no review system.

It is a big reason we are at this place now. People hiding at home and napping.

Those that believe WFH is beneficial to large organization performance, especially one performing so poor that layoffs are routine; are truly not seeing the connection between lackluster productivity and lounging around at home in sweatpants all day.

If Chuck were smart, it would be a mandate. Especially now.

And another random guy claiming without any evidence that WFH leads to complacency. Don't confuse your reality with statistically significant data.

If you are mediocre that's fine, but don't blame that on working from home.

Not entirely true. WFH is not a part of that LR equation, otherwise, we wouldn’t be having LR every season. Cisco’s entire culture lays in finding simple instead of creative solutions, that’s why they deal with every bump in a road by laying off thousands of employees regardless of their contribution.

But you are right about management being inept. There are hundreds of successful companies lead by a thousands of competent managers handling millions of productive workers and remote workers around a globe. Cisco just isn’t one of them. It’s about the time we ask ourselves why.