Here at Cisco, why are people so low key, so nonchalant, no passion for work, no motivation for work? It's like people have no emotion, no personality... Just so quiet... People don't really work... Never seen those people at work. Sales, CX... — read more 

AMs are rebranded portfolio sellers and subscribtion economy account management is being moved to the CSEs. Are ex-AMs comfortable with this reduction in accountability?

The attendance guidelines have been released and all employees must be vaxxed to attend. No accommodations to include any existing accommodations are being allowed to attend.

I'm based out of Cisco APJC. We receive surveys via email at least one a month. We have a quarterly survey each after Q. Besides that, there are more employee surveys conducted by HR, BU, etc. Most of which are SUPPOSED to be anonymous. I'm from... — read more 

Director of Enterprise DC Sales gone to ServiceNow. Out of all the BU's it seems like every month there is another leader (RM or above) leaving the DC business at Cisco. I don't blame them one bit, that is a battle not worth fighting. Cisco will... — read more 

Its really amazing that Cisco has hung on this long and maintained but no grown its market position. It still has many years of profitable cash generation left despite the complete rot on the inside. This won't end well, but it might last another... — read more 

With back-to-back No. 1 ranking as a Great Place to Work, we Cisco employees in the U.S. are in good company. Now is the time to celebrate our achievements and awsomeness! Who’s with me?!!

Incompetent colleagues think they're great at their job. And how could they not think that when mediocrity is more respected here now than ever. Cisco doesn't care that it affects team performance and morale and I am disappointed that... — read more 

....according to Fortune magazine https://fortune.com/best-companies/2022/

Employees with extensive experience who have been loyal to the company all this time are being replaced by young employees who often get paid even more but who have no interest in staying here or learning how to do the job. Where is the logic in... — read more 

It's become disgusting how some managers here favor those who do everything to make them look good and feel special. It is irrelevant that such individuals do almost nothing. I do not benefit from it in any way, but how can I not feel happy when in... — read more 

Our leadership is tone deaf and short-sighted. Are they waiting for Cisco to run out of the most capable engineers who take their talent to other companies to finally do something about it? Will they do anything to at least slow down the natural... — read more 

Consolation is underway so prepare yourself for massive layoffs

Only selected few have been given salary adjustments Crazy part only new hires getting 30% more than existing guys

It looks like MPLS got themselves another payout. At least it was not at Cisco's expense this time... https://www.reuters.com/technology/amd-buy-cloud-startup-pensando-19-bln-data-center-push-2022-04-04/

It’s awful that leadership doesn’t care about growing customer dissatisfaction nor does it know how to respond properly and act on it. Isn’t it a bit worrying the growth of customer dissatisfaction from just a few years ago till now? — read more 

Summary of last post: In group supporting largest accounts VP has been MIA for 2 years before getting reorged into another role where he will be useless. Consolidation of SDE and CSE role finally happens - saving millions Customer Success... — read more 

Many don't realize this, but Cisco's "woke" and diversity hires have moved to crush what was left of enterprise sales. The diversity "leader" of Enterprise Datacenter Sales, has ran off 75% of their non-diverse leadership team in the past couple of... — read more 

I think Cisco is on a downward spiral. It's unfortunate because I think it didn't have to be that way if only the right moves were made in time and the leadership had a vision and worked for the future of this company. Now it is difficult to say... — read more 

I have close friends in GSSO at several levels from my time there. I continue to hear from them and read the posts on GSSO and it has got much worse since I left. I am at a significant competitor. It is not perfect and we have our issues but... — read more 

It's all about achieving better results through continued cost-cutting - most notably through outsourcing and selling real estate we no longer need - instead of actually growing the business, which would lead to higher profits. That kind of strategy... — read more 

Why? What can be done (if anything)? How to deal with this problem? Deadwood is causing major issues to everyone, it'll criple Cisco.

Companies are not just concerned with financial bottom line. They’re also concerned with social and environmental bottom lines. I can see any company having a FB Twit page. I get. But I feel like getting dragged down every social rabbit ho-e does... — read more 

How is Cisco going to pay for all these huge raises meant to get compensation closer to market rate? They will have to do lots of layoffs to save the money and reduce the number of raises necessary. They don’t dare cut into the massive profits... — read more 

I don't have many years of work experience. I was overjoyed when I got an offer at Cisco. Now I am surprised that after only two years here I got an offer in a better company. I couldn’t have imagined that would happen. Some say that their... — read more 

There were a few posts taking of infighting in CX amongst the leaders. Declining revenue. MM’s racetrack struggles. Those are all gone. What gives? How are things in CX these days?

Some have made great careers here. I know some people who worked here, retired and were very happy with their career at Cisco. However, I have only been here for two years and it is already clear to me that one can hardly expect to grow a career... — read more 

With the gap of security sales growing between Cisco and the other security competitors, GSSO will need to consider layoffs even though there already has been high attrition. Security competition is growing at a much higher rate and distancing... — read more 

Management is to blame for making some average employees think they are star-employees, while those who really deserve recognition and to be valued more are absolutely invisible. I work with a person who would be a role model employee in some other... — read more 

In the last Cisco check in Chuck Robbins, who also sits on the board of Blackrock, said that the ELT had to make hard decisions about cutting power and technology to Russian hospitals in support of Ukraine. This is mafia level nonsense. Tech... — read more 

Does anyone know the difference between "Consulting Engineer" and " Technical Consulting Engineer" ? although we do the same job we have different titles in my org. Is it an indicator of different grade or what ?

I am one of those employees at Cisco who would rather work as a contractor than as an employee. I may be wrong, but sometimes it seems to me that it is much better to work here as a contractor.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-4-billion-bet-on-cybersecurity-chuck-robbins-microsoft-2022-3

Ok, so here is what’s happening. Except for the very largest customers there will no longer be Account SEs/SAs. They will be pooled behind C2E at the region level. They will be specialized. The current TSAs will no longer be directly customer facing... — read more 

I took a package in the last 4 years and am happily ensconced at a SaaS startup. Not making quite the same coin as at Cisco, but am much happier (my wife continues to comment on this). An opening came up for a role at Cisco that I would fit, and for... — read more 

To some extent, I can understand why Cisco opts for acquisitions rather than developing its own innovative products. Leadership thinks it's more cost-effective. What I don't understand is why these acquisitions are so bad. They are realizing some... — read more 

I'll tell you what's wrong with modern day Cisco. Senior leadership is constantly tolf everything is amazingly awesome. Actual problems are filtered way below and simply squelched. I recently brought up an obvious problem during a meeting. I kid you... — read more 

We used to be big swinging di-ks that owned the room and now we don’t even know our own products. There are still some good ones here, but we have been neutered by management and the weight of the entire product line.