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 

Im realtively new to Cisco

He waited so long to give out COLA raises that now the recession hit and he can get out of doing them at all. And if people do manage to find jobs elsewhere he won’t have to pay them their commission when the hardware actually ships a year from now. — read more 

Cisco Execs that presented from CEO on down are CLUELESS Everything they presented is already being deployed better and cheaper by AWS, Microsoft, Google, etc Only chance to save this company is to bring in a new Technical CEO and fire all of the... — read more 

It is sad what this company has turned into. Does any of the decision makers here care about the quality anymore?

Is MM on her way out? She is not on stage for Cisco Live and seems nowhere to be found.

Software Renewals. Pretty much the only part of the company that is making money due to covid. However; haven't had a comp plan in forever and haven't been paid commission since January. Been promised every month it's coming, it's going to get fixed... — read more 

Forget career growth , when was the last time we heard any technical vision from upper management? Once upon a time Cisco defined the tech future of the world. Now, they just do PowerPoint politics and licensing matrices. We are being told across... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-emtrain-announce-partnership-build-130000113.html _With Emtrain, Webex users can now engage and train employees across their global workforce with timely and relevant content focusing on real-life workplace... — read more 

Currently a TAC engineer but have the opportunity to move over to HTOM soon. Which is the better place to be during a recession or layoffs?

Are there layoffs coming to GSSO especially in the Americas since there is inept leadership and the performance continues to get worse which is due to the Sales VP and SED. Does anyone know if those 2 will be replaced with real authentic transparent... — read more 

Will Cisco have anything big to announce this year that customers actually want? Or will it be more marketing vaporware?

How many RSUs do you get per year?

I heard our manager saying she cant hire for a position available in our team because there was a hiring freeze. That was a month or two ago. Nobody has been hired yet

Anyone else hear anything?

That is my personal opinion. Has management perhaps forgotten how important the customer is?

Your base x target x highest IPF over 3 years pitched as current TTC. Now the new plan is to reduce target and increase base, but then they use that same IPF to match TTC. So if you don’t match your highest IPF over last 3 years, it is a pay cut... — read more 

The disaster C2E is coming to all in FY23 and will be responsible for layoffs to SAs since there is not enough SAs leaving yet. EK continues to disregard the facts about this self-promoting initiative that has caused the “Cisco SE” to become... — read more 

For those who have been around for awhile, you know how much John Chambers revered Jack Welch. Check out this article and how accurately it reflects the toxic environment at... — read more 

Wondering how executives like JP still survive in the company?..we came with a promise to make Webex 10x times better and spend lots of investment with MrKhan in Collab for last couple of years. I even heard from BU that they managed to add some 1K+... — read more 

So last friday we were all told to change passwords within 24 hrs. There was a breach. Since Monday, thousands of cisco people could not get vpn or duo to authenticate so for 4 days, many could not access our internet sites, tools, etc. only webex... — read more 

Why give us a project to work on just to cancel it nearly eight months later? I know I got paid for my work but I can't help but feel like I've just wasted almost a year of my life. Call me an id--t, but I'd like to believe that what I spend a third... — read more 

I have heard that additional OPEX cuts, read lay offs, are coming - only way to justify the massive slowdown in sales and subscriptions. Anyone else hearing that in your BU's or functions?

I am under impression that leadership spends more time promoting itself than thinking about good decisions that would be useful for the future of this company. Isn’t that extremely frustrating and demoralizing for all those who work hard, who work... — read more 

Cisco CEO Chuck Robins has asked employees to return to office or leave the company, according to a memo sent to staff that has been circulating on social media. "Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean... — read more 

Not giving it your all at work for whatever reason you might use to justify it to yourself and those around you only means that you're lazy and you found a nice excuse to indulge in your laziness. Something is wrong with the world in which working... — read more 

Strap yourself in for this one. You thought outsourcing and offshoring your jobs was a threat? Well, now you have a new "business model". That's what the bright boys call it when they figure out a new grift. And, this one is outstanding. BPaaS: ... — read more 

Cisco has become one big mess. I am bothered by that disgusting feeling of stagnation. Is there still room for growth for good employees who are putting in a lot of effort? It's pretty much necessary to get out of here in order to

Sorry to say this, current ELT is one of the worst group not only in Cisco but I would say in the whole IT industry. ELT has become a Hedge Fund Org - they manage every quarter by acquiring other companies, asking to take mandatory PTOs, asking to... — read more 

Too many people seem to think that working until you have no life outside of Cisco is the best way to show your dedication to the company, which will help with career progression. This needs to stop. This only helps the management since they get your... — read more 

Compensation increase is supposed to come from three different sources: salary raise in Fall the just announced bonus remix CR ELT hyped the bonus remix quite a lot that I don't put much hope in a significant salary raise. I expect a minor to... — read more 

IT tells all employees to change their PW w/in 24 Hours? Any news?

Did anyone feel like Oprah spent most of the time talking about herself and when not talking about herself, basically just kept talking without actually saying anything?

TAC Quality Supply chain Licensing complexity

I know attrition is high, I know the job market is tight and we can't hire competent replacements, but that doesn't mean that I will indefinitely be doing two jobs without any extra compensation. The ELT gets paid the big bucks supposedly for a... — read more 

There is a thread https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1gTCBxF7 or @OP+1gTCBxF7 on this on VMware's site. Not sure if this is for real or not but a rumor is there. I think VMware makes more sense for Broadcom, but not sure how things will play out. We are... — read more 

He also had said “No LR” in May 2020 and then ERed & LRed 10-15% of the workforce after 4 months of making that statement. While the ELT announced those cuts , Chuck and Fran “the Oprah star” laughed their heads off on live Cisco TV thinking of the... — read more