Why did you get layed off?

(1) you are 10 years at Cisco and still not a tech lead. From a business point of view, it might make sense to replace you with a younger engineer and give him a chance to succeed.

(2) you are 10 years at Cisco, a tech lead but you don't "lead". From a business point of view, it might make sense to replace you with a less experiences software engineer.

(3) you work in a dying business unit and most of your team got layed off. From a business point of view, it might make sense to get rid of doomed business units.

(4) neither of above.

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Yes, all engineers are male. Exactly why Cisco's in the state it is--morons like you are still around.

you think layoffs will stop once all male engineers are replaced by female engineers???

"...replace you with a younger engineer and give him a chance to succeed."

Yes, all engineers are male. Exactly why Cisco's in the state it is--morons like you are still around.

it is "laid off" not "layed off"

File a ddts.

What are you smoking? Even interns and new employees were sacked in SJC in May 2017.

Because they worked in dying business units.

I was also eliminated due to my caste.

(5) For having such a poor grasp of the English language that you don't realize that neither applies when there are only two options as in neither A nor B and not to three options, and that it is "laid off" not "layed off".

I'll call troll on this one as the poster is either trolling or a complete idiot if he/she thinks that individual performance is actually a factor in Cisco Layoffs.

What are you smoking? Even interns and new employees were sacked in SJC in May 2017.

I was kicked due to 5) spending too much time on this wanker site

I was chopped cuz of my caste.

Great company For who? If your metric is the execs then yes, they are making money hand over fist. The three other representative stakeholders Would probably disagree - customers, shareholders and most employees.

Cisco is a great company, no doubt to that...

Hmmmm.... this post paints far to broad a picture of what is actually happening as it assumes employees mostly control their future at Cisco. Unfortunately once regular and real reviews went away most of the variables of what determines an employee being laid off was transferred to Cisco.

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