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When make a donation, request company match.
Spend too much medical expense
Charge EV on the Cisco parking lot
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Cost is a big one. All the GM’s are given a % dollar amount to hit for OPEX.
Also location, if you’re the only person in your org working in a location or a small country, you’re likely toast. That’s one easy way to make it look like a business decision.
Politics and favouritism also plays a big part. I refused to drink my managers coolaid bulls..t and lies.
If you're an old straight white guy, you're getting laid off. If you're DEI, you're safe unless you didn't something fire-able like telling CR the truth in an all hands. This has been answered a hundred times, it's not hard to figure out.
It's headcount more than costs. They would rather layoff 100 of us ICs than 30 managers and directors
Complex question, actually. Though I don't know the answer full [..]
That is all speculation and probably as accurate as crashing chrome browsers indicating a lay off.
Complex question, actually. Though I don't know the answer fully and I'm sure it's different, there's probably a few things to look at. Number one, I'm sure they make their spreadsheets out of the information from Workday/ADP and most of that data isn't going to get that granular. It's mostly your salary.
I'm sure the ELT/Finance have some names they will put on the list automatically due to various factors:
- Location -- Does Cisco intend to discontinue hiring employees there?
- Title in the BU/Team/Org structure
These two things (in combination) will probably cause someone to get put on the list.
Outside of that, I would imagine they reach out to the BUs specifically if their BU is not making revenue. At that level, its going to be up to the VP to put names on the list (and possibly that VP will filter it down to others leaders) in order to reach an amount. A company like Cisco is going to keep track of each BU and its net revenue. Some organizations, like Finance, Legal, etc. have a "shared" cost structure since other parts of the business all use them. G&A (General and Administrative) also tends to have this cost.
If your BU is making money, the likelihood you're on a list isn't as high. However, you could still hit the list anyway.
Also, going around laying people off for "Performance" is bad. Don't do that. It really does not make sense, and here's why... When you lay someone off due to a listed criteria, you cannot rehire for that position in most states for about 6 months. This usually has to do with unemployment insurance laws in various states. You cannot back fill that person. This is typical a combination of location (state, country, etc) and role (title).
Cost is not the only/most important factor, so keep on charging your EV on the Cisco parking lot.