Some things you should know within CX:
- Managers (in CX) were told last minute who were affected. This was literally a handful of days before the 12th.
- Managers had people chosen for them. "VPs" who have no Earthly clue who these people are or what they do chose names because of cost.
- "Re-balance" is a lie. All kinds of groups were affected. Software, Security, AsAService, etc. Just an excuse to do an old-fashioned layoff.
- Managers were told to be "accountable for your actions" when everyone was chosen for them...
- Many newly converted contractors to FTE were let go as default choices, literally counter to the point of why you want to convert someone is to keep them at Cisco.... FIFO reasoning.
- If you were let go, I wouldn't recommend you take a new role at Cisco. Unless you have to because you're the sole bread winner or the very least, never go back to CX.
- CX makes up a large chunk of layoffs because upper " management" is too d-mb to understand innovation so they supplement with human labor then freak out when they get too expensive and not do anything new for the business.
- I don't know how it is in other orgs in Cisco, but CX is a meat grinder. Every other year they get hit the hardest because they load up on labor instead of driving innovation.
- Who ever is left in CX each layoff are either the lazy who are buddy-buddy with other lazy upper management or upper management .