I hear from some 50+ folks (many were impacted) that there was not any early retirement package offered.
For the zero or one person left at Cisco who isn’t a complete id--t yet managed to miss the commentary on it for more than the past decade (so not the executives who tried it again) Cisco has done this in the past and they only lost the best people who were able to have a new job the following Monday while they pocketed a year’s extra income.
And no, RTP and SJ didn’t close 19 years ago, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
Yes, there will be more layoffs, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
No, you aren’t getting a million dollars for being PIPed after five years at Cisco, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
No one cares about Forbes, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
No, executives don’t care about you, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
Companies with tens of billions in revenue don’t suddenly close when everyone leaves in protest of layoffs, so stop posting new threads to ask about it.
If anyone in executive management IS reading this website and doesn’t conclude they need to layoff far more people they themselves should be laid off.
If you feel this is the place to complain that competent people will still get bonuses you should be laid off.
If you couldn’t read many years of exactly the same stupid questions here before asking them again you should be laid off.