I’m about ready to drop my big code load in Vegas! Expense policy is $100 per day!!! Lots of other sales sl|me looking to blow past thst and play hide the sawsage with expense tool and ssles lady! Nobody attend session!
Is there going to be a merit cycle?
Now that it is Q1 anyone know if there's going to be a merit cycle? Are raises going to be given even if only cr---y ones? If so when do managers let everyone know?
GSSO Repeating Mistake
GSSO hiring a global VP of Sales from PAN has shown how foolish they are. This person was a disaster for us with no executive cybersecurity experience. As you can see by earnings announcement we are still on a rocket ship. We are almost double... — read more
Another VP you've never heard of is leaving
After more than 22 years of helping lead Cisco’s marketing around networking, cloud and data center solutions and strategy, Prashanth Shenoy has left the networking giant to join VMware.
California appeals court rules no arbitration in Cisco caste bias case
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -Cisco Systems Inc on Friday lost a court appeal to move to private arbitration a case over alleged caste discrimination in its Silicon Valley offices, where managers of Indian descent are accused of bias against a fellow... — read more
We should be unbiased
It was a good quarter. ELT and other employees is on the same team. Team is called Cisco. Our comments toward ELT should be unbiased. Data driven. Ok to say it is bad to spend money on fancy rock/tv stars especially in bad times. But say good things... — read more
Quiet quitting at Cisco is the answer
Cisco cut my bonus by 15%, I will quiet quit by doing 30% less work in order to compensate for the loss in pay. I know some of you boomers look at this and say that's immoral. Well, let me tell you this: Why is Chuckie and that huge whale being paid... — read more
51% of U.S. companies will have layoffs in the next year
With another 19% considering it. That's a total of 70% companies. Knowing Cisco, I can confidently say that we're not in the 30% of lucky ones who will not have layoffs any time soon. What worries me more is where to find a new job if most of our... — read more
Remember when Cisco cared about employee motivation?
In the past, managers here really cared about having motivated people. Back then, there was a lot of talk about the importance of being the leader in the industry. I believe that today my manager is not at all interested in how motivated we are... — read more
Take care posting here!
Be careful about how you post on The Layoff. It has come to my à l’attention de that the ELT are using this space to build an LR list wiz the help of Facebook, Google Analytics and Grammarly. Don’t post withshout a VPN connection (the layoff... — read more
How does the ELT live with themselves.
We made record earnings. They reduced our bonus, gave us a measly raise, no cola in over seven years and all we hear is Chuck and Fran for President. Gag me. We work countless hours, deal with all types of management and policy changes and get... — read more
Company performance factor 0.84 .. get outta here!
So we beat analysts estimates, we do better than expected overall and this is how employees get rewarded? Fifteen percent of our bonus slashed, and HR recommends IPF 1 for most people. What a fooking joke.
You shouldn't be worried about cuts
All the people who are leaving for greener pastures are taking care of that. There are too many folks leaving right now to be able to justify layoffs. It works for Cisco as well, since the company doesn't have to pay severance. All it needs to do is... — read more
Good Earnings!
Now lay offs.
Great earnings! Stock is way up!
Suck on THAT you larping trolls.
Cisco Cleared In $371M Software Patent Trial
A Boston jury on Monday cleared Cisco Systems Inc. in a $371 million patent suit, finding that the California tech giant did not infringe a Massachusetts software company's patent following a two-week... — read more
Will it be a standard LR or contain some surprises or Corpcomm BS gems?
Maybe a tearful video message from CR as some other clown did regarding his layoffs on LinkedIn last week....
Quarterly results will determine if we'll have layoffs
I think the only reason we were spared so far is that the ELT was waiting to report quarterly results. If the results are not as expected, they'll immediately announce layoffs to counter the numbers. If the results are good, we'll probably be safe... — read more
Layoffs destroyed the culture
It's been a long time since I actually enjoyed doing my job here. Layoffs destroyed the culture here. It is questionable whether it is even possible to fix it anymore? At this point, Cisco is a totally different company from the one where I... — read more
GSSO Word of the Day - Accountability
Webster defines Accountability as an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. For example, if GSSO Americas top leadership misled everyone regarding the calculation of Gold Rush, then they should take... — read more
Cisco UK Attrition & LR
Enormous attrition among SE/SA teams in Cisco UK. Tons of people moving either internally or leaving Cisco completely. Are these people leaving willingly or is there stealth LR going on? Nothing announced.
Many people are still leaving
Despite the fact that the job market is not ideal at the moment and there are many hiring freezes, many people are still leaving here... at least judging by the departures of the colleagues I work with. That's why I'm wondering if cuts are... — read more
Question for people nearing retirement
Are you still giving it your all or are you just phoning it in? I've been at Cisco for six years and I'm already disillusioned with the company and how it treats employees. I stopped feeling the need to go the extra mile once I realize it'll get me... — read more
Cisco got hacked earlier this year
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-says-it-was-breached-by-hacker-linked-to-notorious-cybercrime-groups-11660179151?mod=search_headline We need Duo triple authentication! :D
COLLABORATION MARKETING HE-L
Now that I have recovered from my PTSD I am.happy to share that I left the WebX marketing team for a much better company! The insanity that AR creates is beyond toxic. She treats her team poorly changes her mind on strategy when the wind blows ... — read more
Please bring back Joe Pinto
The CX ship has lost its rudder.
Agile TSA / C2E > Layoffs
Agile TSA and C2E will lead to layoffs. Think about the purpose of these 2 disastrous initiatives. It is to lower the cost of pre-sales engineering resources while paying senior engineering leadership bigger paychecks. That is the only reason that... — read more
Grade 12s No Tenure advantage
Does Cisco offer any incentive to stay beyond a pay check? More vacation? Anything?
You shouldn't be here if you are scared of layoffs
I'm not looking forward to layoffs but I'm also not stressing over them 24/7. I've been with Cisco for nearly a decade and I know full well that layoffs are something that happens all the time, whether it's on a small or a large scale. Working here... — read more
LR: latest update
Lots of random topics here but none of which deal with the main objective of this forum. What are the latest LR news, rumors, updates, innuendos, shenanigans, etc? Cut the cr-p about the rest of these mumbo-jumbos blah blah irrelevant topics. On ... — read more
does anyone know what is the renewal rate for standalone and EA?
what is the renewal rate for software subscriptions for infrastructure products (DNA-sh-t) - this will tell is MM is doing her job what is the renewal rate for EAs? - this will tell if VN is doing his job
SA Lower Pay / No Career Growth
SA pooling is going to happen. EK and his SEDs are working on new name for Agile TSA and Click2Expert but it is going to be the same disaster under the covers that promotes lower pay and no career growth for SAs and TSAs.
Does an Internal Move Make Any Difference?
One and a half year has passed since I joined Cisco in APJC. I left Cisco about 21 years ago and came back. But I soon realized that I'd made a big mistake. It turned out that the company had become totally a different company. I've been feeling so... — read more
California appeals court rules no arbitration in Cisco caste bias case
Cisco Systems on Friday lost a court appeal to move to private arbitration a case over alleged caste discrimination in its Silicon Valley offices, where managers of Indian descent are accused of bias against an employee also from... — read more
Agile TSA / C2E disaster
What is going on with the Agile TSA and Click-2-Expert disaster that we heard so much about and every SA and TSA was going to. Very stupid idea from EK that hurt the TSAs and SAs the most by limiting their pay and career profession. Many jumped to... — read more
Party at Orcle started ....
From posts, seems they are amateur at it. Both employees and management. Nothing like Cisco when it comes to layoffs!
There are less and less people who care about their jobs here
Reading some posts on this forum, one could conclude that most of them don't care about their jobs anymore. But is that really so? I tried to find a new job and despite my experience and skills, it turned out that I won't find anything better... — read more