Our OD and SSEM continue to show the their incompetence. We now have to track things on a spreadsheet cause they don’t know how to use actual tools to lead the business. This is a prime example of why Cisco is continuing to lose market share. These... — read more 

Does anyone know what the he-l happened to the IPF calculation? What the heck did Cisco change specifically? I have a split of people getting decent IPFs, but quite a few people getting absolutely sc--wed too.

I got the same bonus as a deadbeat performance issue. So much for sticking it out until the end to help out as opposed to disappearing - LRd because of position elimination may as well have said everyone was a performance issue. Csco su-ks from chuck... — read more 

Leaving or getting fired?

I got hired and been rockstar for the last 3 weeks. I’m getting great feedback from the cross functions teams and manager. I don’t get why the promotion hasn’t hit yet. I brought this up to my manager and he keeps saying it’s too soon. That’s... — read more 

G10, 120% IPF, no merit, no RSU this year Last year, 122% IPF, no merit, but at least gave $20 RSU

FOUR YEARS...

They’re making me work all day and night and I’m causing tons of regressions. Don’t think I’m fit to work here. Coworkers are asking for proof for every little thing I want to merge now. Want to leave just need that $10k from unemployment that’s a... — read more 

HR is a mess the end

Just got that my IPF is 132, but no promo. 2 prior years it was 125. Are we really that tight on budget?

Why Cisco stock keeps falling?

How were bonus budgets this year compared to last year? Seems most people are saying they just had a decrease or even lowest IPF in their Cisco tenure. I also had a decrease but wonder how much of that is performance and how much is budget based.

I started a McDonald’s franchise where I get steady yet decent income. I no longer stress about layoffs. I just hope you guys can come to my McDonald’s buy my Big Macs!

Switch to AI

Hearing from friends in different orgs that silent layoffs started earlier this month—right after GSX.

Cisco employee count 2023 | 84,900 | ███████████████████ 2024 | 90,400 | █████████████████████ 2025 | 86,200 | ████████████████████ 2026 | 82,400 | ██████████████████ Change: 2023 -> 2024 +6.48% 2024 -> 2025 -4.65% 2025 -> 2026 ... — read more 

Curious if anyone has had the convo with their manager as of yet? Was told my team would find out next week.

want to leave the toxic env. Is applying for FMLA tge best strategy ?

If you dare (we all know this really isn't anonymous) tell 'em how you really feel!

Guess I am no longer reachable outside work hours. Nice.

Cisco on Wednesday released urgent patches for a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has been exploited in the wild as a... — read more 

No promotion = enjoy my codegen slop pr's. Fu-k this sh-t company and it's record profits I give up enjoy me not giving a sh-t anymore

I am part of the Splunk organization and our team has been handed over to the most toxic manager I have had in my entire working career. We couldn't tell if they were exceptionally stupid or if this was a strategy to get our entire team to quit... — read more 

They’ve been trying to corner the market with AI bs for months. Now is the time to dump.

I don't see much leadership here that makes people want to give extra effort, like it was 20 years ago. Some of the newer leaders even struggle to communicate what they actually want, so we barely have any sense of where we're going. No wonder things... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything about the bonus / IPF info? I keep hearing things about new guidance from “leadership” but not sure.

What does that even mean?

Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/cisco-fmc-flaws-exploited-to-steal.html

Looking for a new job right now is basically a second full-time job after you finish your first one. I don't know how the rest of you are managing, but I'm utterly exhausted.

Bloomberg Law is reporting that DHS is proposing a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, including petitions involving workers who are already in the United States. This is separate from the earlier $100,000 H-1B entry fee that applied... — read more 

She says it's because I don't give her enough attention but she doesn't understand core Cisco principles, and that contributing to increased collaboration in the office & increasing shareholder value is my life's purpose. I asked Circuit if it can... — read more 

Instead of having an AI push to $150 we have a gravity pull to $107. How is the quantum switch going?

Manager ask you for something by end of day? Get it done by end of HOUR. Manager needs it by end of hour? It's already in his inbox, unread, marked urgent, sent from your phone while you were being wheeled into a routine outpatient procedure!... — read more 

Dear Cisconians, this is the first time in my long career that I have left the company without having secured another job. The moral decline is inevitable. I was part of it; I started doing the absolute minimum and found that I could still deliver... — read more 

In the hopes this page is monitored by some internal team somewhere for rumor control or something. This one company many careers message is complete hogwash. I've been applying for internal roles for years now, and every time I do I get the message... — read more 

I don't care about the comapmy I don't care about kpi's I don't care about Q2 Q4 goals I don't care about projects I don't care about putting in any effort I've truely given up and skating by This company has su-ked out my humanity & left me... — read more