Can anyone tell, what are the titles given to pensando employees after AMD acquisition, Prem Jain, Luca and other VPs, directors there?

Is the GSSO Americas VP of Sales ever going to give us answers on why he misled everyone with his Gold Rush Lies. I thought he said he was going to get answers since it was the elephant in the room. We have heard no answers since.

I mean, is it possible that no one regretted leaving Cisco?

CEO of Dozens of Companies and Entities Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1 Billion in Fraudulent and Counterfeit Cisco Networking... — read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-companies-2022-technology-information-linkedin-news/ We are just behind Google, Apple, IBM, etc. Not bad. We are still relevant I guess.

I’m still new-ish to the company. Curious about how different things are in places like San Jose, RTP, UK, etc.

I don't think there are many companies that are better than Cisco at this kind of manipulation, that is getting rid of people without calling it a layoff. For example - talent redistribution. Also, putting so much pressure on an employee that he or... — read more 

Michael Burry said on Tuesday that the U.S. labor market is about to be sliced in half, with blue-collar workers remaining a sought-after commodity, while white-collar workers see job losses and falling wages. In other words, the good times are... — read more 

Was wondering if anyone has heard if there will be layoffs?

As an independent trusted advisor, Cisco is a hard sell in the collab space. They were the leaders and I made an honest living for about 15 years focusing on Cisco Voice/Collab. Since about 2018 it has been in decline. The rise of AWS Connect, Zoom... — read more 

I didn't know for what awesome company I do work https://www.levels.fyi/company/Cisco/benefits/ Apparently, I get free breakfast 1 day per week, free lunches 5 days per week, 12 days of sick time, gym reimbursement, a regional transit system and... — read more 

https://youtu.be/ijaTwmilZvo

How do you even get paid on hardware sales that take over 12 months to shop ? Don’t the comp plans close after 1 to 2 years anyway ?

Cisco, Nike quit Russia, as pace of Western firms leaving speeds up... https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-cisco-wind-down-business-russia-belarus-2022-06-23/

The senior security sales leadership is hard at work to hide their complete incompetence. Unfortunately, it is not going to get any better as it is going to get much worse with the upcoming changes that will accelerate the decline of security sales... — read more 

https://youtu.be/MbTEOkku3Rg

Shout out to all of the fighters who held strong and didn't cave! And also shout out to all of the bozos who were hoping the unvaccinated got fired. You lose!!

Apart from the fact that I think that there is almost no incentive for innovation here, I think the talents needed by every company that seeks to launch innovative things are no longer here. What would you say - when did Cisco stop being... — read more 

3rd time this week one of my customers has told me TAC engineer hasn't responded to them in over a week How did the quality fall so much?

There is Weekly Check-In that my manager told me to submit on Fridays. Not just that, he told me (almost "forced me" or "demanded me") to select "Yes" for the question of: "This week, did xxxxxxx xxxxxx (my manager's name) connect with you about... — read more 

anyone know what happen to NSBU (network-as-a-Service BU) lead by JM..closed ?

Most of you will agree with me that there is zero innovation and the acquisitions generally don’t turn out as good as the Cisco leadership hopes to be. How does Cisco survive in this business environment?

Was Cisco Live US a super spreader event? If you look at twitter and talk to customers it seems that a massive amount of people got Covid at the event.

Someone mentioned Cisco being a quited.. Which company in their right mind would acquire this? I mean, if it meant getting rid of all the leaders, then be my guest. But no one who is about making profit will acquire shitsco

Is it true what was commented on renewal sales not being granted commission in June? Not that they deserve it, since partners do it all. But it speaks volumes on how they run the business if true. Same goes with GSSO gold rush if true.

Look at that "Related Company" list at the top of this page. Now tell me one company that's better to work for than Cisco. Just saying.

She had to cancel her Pillar Talk last second.

Just saw the first email from colleague in IT. Good luck.

Large Amount of Cisco Employees working 2 jobs or working 2 hours a day at home CEO and HR Lady could care less

Has anyone actually seen their calculations of the so called Gold Rush program. Why is there such a lack of transparency by VW. He has lied from the start of this and has gotten away with it. Has anyone opened a case with HR since there is no... — read more 

If yes, your job can be done by a guy Kansas. Or someone in India... Your position is weaker than you think.

Horrible acquisition & investment strategy. Attrition through the roof, people leaving daily Marketing is bad, bad, bad Focus on useless high end features Poor leadership that nobody trusts Teams, Zoom et. al. eating our lunch and... — read more 

5k blue, 8k red to be announced end of fiscal year. Blue badge 9 10 & 11 employees at top of range in their grade most vulnerable. Red badges assigned to project work most vulnerable. Expect broad de-funding This affects all emploees and all... — read more 

Ever since I started working here, I feel like my position is always in jeopardy with constant layoffs. Good performance in my opinion no longer means anything. Those who survived lots of round of layoffs here, do you think it was just pure luck? — read more 

The younger generation has seen us suffer and the best talent has decided they won’t put up with a company who implements constant layoffs. What is Cisco going to do to mitigate the fact that our new hires are starting to be dogshit? The young talent... — read more