I got LRed last year. I knew it was coming. We had a town hall meeting with my director and all of his reports. What an arrogant a--. Acted like he knew all and was all that and a bag of chips. I basically told him he was full of crap. We were pushing crap out the door. He compared our product to a free app you get on your cell phone. You should expect weekly updates. Sorry, comparing a free cell phone app to what a company runs its business on is clueless.
Now I work at Arista. Met the CEO. She came to our small (less than 15 people) office. Seemed like a real person and listened to what we had to say and called balls and strikes like she saw them. A refreshing change.
It's sad to see the two companies I used to love to work for, HP and Cisco, struggle. I wish you all the best.