Preparing for the fireworks in the chat. Along with all the “hello from____!” 🙄
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Inundate ELT with LR questions and keep asking until they tell the truth
The last "check-in"call they said the words"I acknowledge" more than they said "AI" on the earnings call...He He
I worked for a company in the 90s where they would post bad numbers, do layoffs, and then spin a rosy picture to make you forget about the bad numbers. Talk about trying to distract people! That company is no longer in existence.
Do people still call this event the Cisco Be-----f?
Our next session will start with a demonstration on post LR interview skill training, training offered as part of the exit package. Example training offering:
https://youtu.be/7FOk4bCAQhc?si=GZdgcyPMuC3trEJF
Softball question to Chuck: “so, Chuck, we are all just dying to know how you pick which golf course to play, on weekdays, and if your most excellent math degree helps in that decision?”
Are you sure you didn’t get it? It was sent to the broad mailers there was no new mailer
A lot of folks stopped going for these things its even worse when they have all hands physical meetings in rooms you can see 80 % empty chairs
Yup, managers have even stopped "highly encouraging" those local workers to go into the office to attend the sessions so that the local leaders, or leaders who travelled in, are not sitting in the rooms by themselves. That's why you see so many of these sessions where the ELT are in their home offices or in fancy executive conf rooms.
Will there be a DJ to lighten up the mood? What a sh it show.
I like it when they were referred To as "Cisco Beatings...
Why Chuck not use Webex,he doesn’t like it?
Chuck will join using “Zoom” from his Atlanta Golf Club before he tees off
This Sysco beets will be a remembrance special. Chuck will read off all the names of those who got laid off. After each name is read, Fran will ring a bell. After the bell is rung, the camera will pan over to Gary who, dressed in a monkey suit, will take a single slap on the b-m from G2’s rhythm stick for each person made redundant. Should be delicious to watch!!
If you've seen the Margin Call, it will be something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faql1idkAcA
They should call it Cisco Sh-t...
Here’s how it will go down:
CR starts it and has fake crocodile tears. Says it’s hard to cut this many people. Cut to Fran repeating what she always says after an LR “team, let’s focus on supporting each other”. G2 will self-aggrandize, talking about his worldly travels, and how great our non-existent AI is. Scott rounds it out saying he’s not sure how the forecasting was wrong. But he’s confident about FY25.
Fran says we have time for a few questions. HR flunkies hand pick one softball question. Whoops we ran out of time. Anyway, thanks for watching and get back to work peons.
A lot of folks stopped going for these things its even worse when they have all hands physical meetings in rooms you can see 80 % empty chairs with ELT/SVP level folks yapping out of their ar-e holes how things are fu--ing rosy. No body really cares now what comes out of their mouths. If i feel like i need some comedy show for fun i attend these beats once in a while boy i keep laughing all the way through starting from all the "hello from" messages and then i end up puking all over my mac.
Slap in the face with a teaser. If LRed, your access will be cut so CR and Fran can bloat how great the (remaining) team is, and Cisco is an AI leader. Until the February when they cut again.
So weird they sent this out this early. It’s kind of a slap in the face to those LR’ed
It’s a big F You to the LRed because CR will talk about how great and exciting times are coming bla bla bla
Last Cisco Beats, few folks were LRed, at least 10 folks. Any details?
So if I didn’t get the invite…. Guess I’m on the list.