Does anyone have any info about the upcoming rewards program? My raise last year was cr-p, and I’m sure Cisco has more leverage now with the current market conditions. 😃

I've received little to no clarity on what steps I should take since being LR'd, and have been ghosted by my team when I tried asking them for guidance. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

With all the LRs Is it best to just sell vested RSUs ? It doesn't seem like the stock is going to get any better.

I wonder how many heads were chopped. Any ideas?

Announced today to the GES product sales specialist teams— reorganization based on industry vertical. Also one small team per East/West region focused on Premier accounts. No longer are the days of geo-based account coverage. 18 more PSS to be hired... — read more 

Besides being a stupid name and a boondoggle, can anyone tell me what the point of Impact is?

I don't think Cisco's ELT and senior leader ship understand the word transparent. They try to convey that they have "thoughts, feelings, or motives that are easily perceived". When things are transparent, things behind should be distinctly... — read more 

Embarrassing to watch the GSSO SLT confirm last Thursday what many already know, they have no clue. There are no specialists for you to be able to compete anymore. Cisco S-xure Access and XDR and no one to go deep since there will be no... — read more 

It's making me a bit nervous.

No offense to anyone but do you also observe that there are a ton of people who are just here and slow things down more than contribute to it?

Some told that Cisco doesn't have competing eco system. Below are the results: CSCO: $53B vs PANW: $6B ANET: $6B JNPR: $5B ZS: $2B FTNT: $4B MISC: $7B Total Competition grabbed $30B from Cisco, it is not going to be late to grab the rest of the... — read more 

Is anyone else LR ready to sign this damn package and leave? sitting here waiting is miserable

Update: Investigation commences this week. Yes, it takes time to get such set up. Hopefully I'll be able to post an official email contact. In the meantime, collect evidence of EEOC, ADA, age discrimination and so forth. Concrete evidence is best... — read more 

Atleast 5% of heads are impacted starting Q2. If you're in SBG, Sales, Collab and under MM - Mostly in California might as well plan an exit. Chuck will share more info 08/16 1400 PST.

What is going on with hiring in US Commercial.

Stop laying off people after a good quarter. Don't do it to us again on Aug 16th! Stop saying you care about people, and then justify the poor treatment of our people "restructuring". Stop laying off people 9 months after it was announced. This... — read more 

How long does it take to get mileage and meals reimbursed and how do they pay it? I filed for my mileage and food in June and it says approved in concur but I never got any money and boss said she doesn’t know what to do because she’s new? Any idea... — read more 

...for no one in my team, not even my manager, to have spoken a word to me after I was laid off? My manager went on PTO that LR day, so I got the news from his manager, but even after my manager returned from PTO, nothing was said to me. I still... — read more 

After today’s call, it is confirmed there will be no specialists. This is going to be a complete debacle. With no experts that can go deep on specific solutions, the competition is going to easily win. We will not even be able to compete. The... — read more 

Wow RB managed to dodge the #1 upvoted question while saying she wasn’t dodging it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/networking-startup-nile-raises-175-million-challenge-cisco-2023-08-01/

Any thoughts??

Are you honest on Team Space with your weekly checkin? Do you really talk about activities you loathe and those you loved? Not sure if I should be honest or just write what my manager would like. I was told this is only for US employees?!?

Is it possible to request a new manager? My current one I’ve had for a year , she is generally unresponsive , demanding. A poor listener. She is also a poor worker and it has reflected badly On our whole team as she fails To do good work and engage... — read more 

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but for as long as I've been working here, and that's already quite a long time, I've never before noticed that people don't actually care if they'll be laid off or not. What's happening? It seems that this place has... — read more 

Another LR is coming in Nov 2023 (a good number will be axed) - More info to be shared in August during Q4FY23 earning call. Lists are being submitted along with your Talent & Ops reviews.

Having so called collective leadership. The reason why H has it because their orgs are consist of different departments in China government like pla, security, etc. They have to follow government rules. But why Cisco learned this thing? .. — read more 

What's going on with rumors about another significant round in August?

Does anyone know for the impacted people if we still are getting IPFs on our bonuses? I would assume CPF is automatic, but more so curious if IPF is in it since we worked pretty much the entire year.

what are the dates for the manager to decide the hike of employees, as we have an increment cycle in August. and after 1:1 discussion can the manager change the hike percentage or promotion ? The focal budget has been given to each manager, so will... — read more 

Are there any reasons only smart tac engineers got laid-off while incompetent ones stayed? Can someone pls explain to me the logic behind this?

Overheard few people talking today No new innovations and cloud customers have put all the new orders on hold due to ongoing recession fear. It’s a matter of time and this BU will be closed in USA and support will be from India..

It looks like GSSO is accelerating their demise. Apparently, they are taking us and making us front line CSS / TSA for the entire security portfolio. Making everyone a security generalist for the entire portfolio is a disastrous direction. The... — read more 

Maybe it's just my personal impression, but these are one of the worst managed layoffs so far. Couldn't they at least have managed it a little bit better?

I saw this in a Linux space recently: Hi guys, I hope you are doing great today. Im about to start my Linux journey, and I dont know where to start. Im currently going to see a couple of video tutorials (Cisco provided and one on... — read more 

Interesting! Couple of teams reported that they have been hit a second time since the initial November 2022 round! Is this a sneaky clean up round to help meet Q4 numbers?

Is there anything different about the internal application process that sets an applicant apart from a general applicant other than Cisco supposedly considering us with priority? Or does the internal application process only require a behavioral... — read more 

Maybe I am just d-mb, but the way I read this as a part of the early separation is that we get the early separation (severance + cobra) and then the pay in lieu benefits is an extra 15 days pay + pto + rsu acceleration and bonus? any help... — read more 

What's the worst thing that can happen if you don't give any notice? I'm so tempted to do it, but I have this feeling that I might be shooting myself in the foot even though I can't figure out how. It's not as if they can fire me and I have no... — read more