What numbers have you heard?
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Your number is oddly accurate.
They wanted me back as a red badge after I got LR'd last year as part of the mystery layoffs of 2015. 20% less pay and no benefits. No, and hell no. There are much better places. Don't short sell yourself.
I was LR'd back in 2014. To be quite honest, it was the best thing that could have happened to me. Sh--sco treated me like crap and I worked harder then I should have for over 14 years. The hunger games will get more exciting as cultures clash for the crumbs that sh--sco will throw your way. Good Luck to all of my friends still struggling with the sh--sco family culture nonsense. Just remember johnny chambers and his side kick chucky are pulling for you (not). May the odds be in your favor!
I've posted this many times. Our boss flat out told us that she has to let 30% of us go. She said that the division our group is in is being forced to drop 9% of its workers.. and that our group was taking a much bigger hit than others. (Some teams aren't losing anyone.)
Not a chance, It won't even be half that, probably 1000 tops, if anything is even announced at all
You have to wait 6 months to be able to return as a red badge. Red badge rates are very low. Oftentimes you get furloughed a week at a time. I was for 2. Add the 2 week company shut down in December... that's an 11 month year, no benefits, no PTO, no 401K. My former contractual company is trying to hire Cisco red badges at $63K for the same work I did as a blue badge.
Who has a 1:1 with their boss Wednesday vs Thursday?
Is 11k red and blue badges combined?
12 weeks... does that include health insurance?
12 week package
15%- 20% is the # I heard today!
hell to the no on coming back as a red badge
If you were an FTE with 10 years at Cisco and got LR'd would you go back as a red badge?
That is the same number I am hearing: 11,000. They'll announce (because they have to) at Earnings call on 17th, then distribute pink slips on the 18th. The good news is, the layoff package is fair, and they often hire you back--at higher rate and fewer hours--on a contract basis.