When I got let go back in Feb '24 it was amazing how fast my direct teammates and close work colleagues completely ghosted me. They took the glad it's you not me approach. Thankfully I ended up getting a job a few months later. How? Via tiktok. That's right I made a tiktok video about being let go and numerous job leads and people offering to refer me came flooding in from complete strangers. Tiktok got me my current job not cisco or my or contacts.
So now when I see in the news cisco is doing another reduction I come to this site for the first time since I was let go to give the advice to fu-k everyone. They won't help you. You might not believe me or think that you have the closest friend group in the world. Just wait and see. You'll be black listed so fast.