or was that just BS? Cisco has so many managers with few reports or none. So many useless directors and above as well. Top heavy to the extreme and they aren't the ones getting work done.

So about ghosting those you used to work with after the last several LRs... Don't expect any help from them. Karma.

We just hired 2 fresh grads and got an internal transfer from India - All this year. And they let go of a technical leader who was mentoring them. This is how Cisco works!

Extremely generous package...including RSU acceleration. I'm not even mad about it. I hated every minute at this place. I actually feel relieved.

So yeah, I got terminated.

I also got impacted. The director had no emotions at all. Ba----d called me and just handed over me the package and not even a word of thanks for working for 10+ years

Hey, I got Laid off today, after 10 years of working for the company. I have a question, what is RSU acceleration? how does that work? Thanks for anything you can share on this.

My boss booked a 1on1 for 8 am his time. This was scheduled yesterday. If I am affected I will try to handle with grace.

looks like some individuals from the UK CX center's are being let go today. Not sure on the specific numbers but a few people that I am aware of have been let go today.

I am 50+ yr old with 15+ years at CSCO. Director called for 1:1 at 10:00am after ages Sure this is the sign.

We have been told there is no budget for customer meetings for the remainder of the FY. When we need expense the most to try to close what is remaining, we are being told there is no expensing allowed. Anyone have any insight into this.

Some hundreds are to be affected.

is this true?

Just got a meeting invite for a random 1:1 with my VP tomorrow who I have never spoke to before....this probably isn't good

Makes sense to have a single FSO team, and TE has done way better than AppD so they get to call the shots.

I heard that Cisco reimburses full if you do evening MBA at Berkeley or Santa Clara University. Can any one confirm, the current company I work only reimburses $5250.

Hi there, My name's Yowei Shaw and I'm a journalist working on a story for the podcast This American Life (www.thisamericanlife.org) about layoffs, after getting laid off myself from NPR... — read more 

So what’s the cutoff for High Touch vs Scale accounts?

https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-rules-that-employers-may-not-offer-severance-agreements-requiring I don't know what their enforcement capability is so always check with a lawyer but at least in the US this seems to be a change... — read more 

Hit in CX today.

Security Sales will continue its path to negative growth. Several reasons for this. Here are a few. GSSO top leadership is out of touch with reality. The next disastrous decision is coming in FY24 when they “rebalance” again and tell everyone to... — read more 

3 years at Amazon, and 2 at Meta. Voluntary left Meta recently due to burnout. Hitting that point in life where I’ve realized Salary isn’t everything. I just want the good life; WLB, passion for what I do, and ideally decent coworkers that I get... — read more 

All leadership is being called to offsites in the last weeks of the quarter and year. Doesn’t bode well.

The national WARN rules are far more lenient than the California rules, so CA may be the only place this would be useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t42IyJBRNXM As the comments there say, be careful what you make known to your employer. ... — read more 

What does everyone think our CPF for year end bonuses will be for the FY with our "record" numbers we have had? Unfortunately, I would be shocked if it is over 1.00

I heard that july 17th there might be one round of layoffs. I thought it must be another rumor. However, today I heard my second line manager asking for a meeting with first line manager to do stack ranking. Wondering if there is any layoffs

It's long overdue.

Heard there is bunch of c12k layoffs around 2010 are due to lack of leadership vision for c12k managers. Can anyone confirm that is true?

Honestly, I just don't care who sends Connected Recognition to whom on what. It has nothing to do with me, nor do I have any intention of celebrating him/her because Connected Recog means nothing but staff relationships. He/She did nothing... — read more 

We continue to fall further and further behind the industry. Every single competitor is growing double digits and our growth is stagnant at best and trending towards negative growth. Layoffs have to be on the horizon.

AI is already linked to layoffs in the industry that created it Many have raised alarms about the potential for artificial intelligence to displace jobs in the years ahead, but it’s already causing upheaval in one industry where workers once... — read more 

Just noticed Monday July 3rd is not a company holiday for US employees this year.

I have an opportunity to work for Cisco TAC supporting FW or ISE - $105k base. Are they going to grind me to dust within months? I can handle the stress of being up to bat and expected to hit a home run. But what’s the culture like? Are your peers... — read more 

I asked my manager for MRR and found out I'm well below 35% of the lower range.. Any ideas what I should do? Fyi: I am one of the top performers.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3700616/cisco-to-buy-network-monitoring-firm-samknows-for-better-last-mile-visibility.html

Are they planning to lay us off with the new account size tiering? Pool is? Some of each? I can’t imagine they’re going to honestly keep us at current staffing levels to focus more on A customers.

Is there any truth to the rumors of layoffs for the specialist teams in GSSO. I am hearing they are doing away with the specialist teams in FY24. Some will be moved to support the entire security portfolio and others of us will be laid off. None... — read more 

There is a new sheriff in town. Time for TE folks to look for new roles.