We have a boss who constantly talks about how we should work harder and come up with innovative ideas. What actually happens is that employee comes up with an idea and of course, regrets doing do. The idea is ignored and the employee feels... — read more 

Given the brutal mu---rs of innocent civilians in Ukraine, I expect Chuck to do the right thing and shut down Cisco business there.

Done. Anyone else out there just completely done? Have worked on this stuff for too dang long. Have survived decades of learning new technology, adapting to the ever-changing work politics, and evading layoffs. I honestly have finally ran out... — read more 

And it’s not just because management forces us to be mini-AMs, or because buggy software and bad TAC makes us spend all our time in post sales he-l. It’s the technology. We barely talk networking any more. The portfolio is way too big for having... — read more 

I know many young and very talented people who came here and soon after were disappointed. They brought new energy, new ideas, enthusiasm, but all that is no longer valued here at Cisco. It’s fascinating how many people who go from here, where they... — read more 

How often is the promotion cycle happens in Cisco and at which month promotion cycle happens?

Cisco has reversed its decision to shutter the RTP campus. Apparently, due to HCoL in SJ, more bodies will be encouraged to relocate to RTP or face LR.

cisco stocks ytd: -11.99% juniper stocks ytd: -6.56% cisco stocks over 1 year: +17.01% juniper stocks over 1 year: +37.90% How is it possible to perform even worse than Juniper? I want to cry ...

This can't be emphasized strongly enough. There are so many dedicated employees here, many of who have been with Cisco for well over a decade. But due to constant understaffing, resistance to new ideas, and overall lack of transparency, the best and... — read more 

When customers find out they can't get product until September, there is going to be a ton of cancelled orders. Layoffs are definitely going happen when that sinks in. Excuse was Covid, Ukraine war, dog ate the chip supplies, etc. Cisco was... — read more 

Great place to work https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/100-best/2021 (vary the year in the url) Cisco Ranking 2021 01 2020 04 2019 06 2018 48 2017 67 2016 82 From our Cisco Check-Ins, I gained the impression that we are ranked #1... — read more 

Or any other company? I want to build skills to survive the layoffs that are coming.

anymore?

I pray I can get into SD-WAN with another vendor. 😔

Hey, remember Intercloud ? Check this out ! https://www.megaport.com/

I'm an old technical guy. Just received AWS offer that is more than double my current Cisco total comp! I'm stunned. Didn't bother to negotiate just accepted it as-is. I thought my age would make finding an equivalent position difficult. I... — read more 

Confirmed from my SEM that we need to update SAGE so there is “better human capital data across the SE organization.” That is such BS. I had a call with my SEM, and off the record shared that it is all about aligning the SA to AM ratio to justify... — read more 

I apologize because this is not a topic about layoffs, but I'm wondering if you think that Cisco is losing focus on the customers? I think the answer is yes, unfortunately, and that it will greatly affect this company in the long run.

I was in Supply Chain Operations for many years. We "transformed" so many times that I lost count. At one point, the org even changed it's name to pretend it had something more to do with customers and sales other than building good stuff and... — read more 

It took less than 20 minutes for the comments section to head into Na-i comparisons territory. Way too many clueless employees unable to keep their mediocre opinions locked in their small brains. And the usual "do as I say, don't do as I do" show... — read more 

I heard rumors that more and more longtime projects are being stopped. I wonder if that's true? It wouldn’t surprise me at all, although nothing has stopped in my department yet. I become very nostalgic when I remember how it was here a few years... — read more 

Don't we hate biweekly one-on-one with manager via webex? I get so scared each time the biweekly one-on-one webex call starts, he and HR show up on the screen, and he soon disappears from the screen and HR starts talking about severance package... — read more 

There used to be an old saying "No one ever got fired for buying IBM", then IBM was replaced by Cisco. Anyhow, a long term customer of mine was fired yesterday for his long term and ongoing support of an ACI Data Center project. In short it's been an... — read more 

I’m working so hard day and night. But you know what’s frustrating me the most? There are four members in my team, including my manager. I feel so sick and disgusted each time I receive and see a "Recognition" email, praising three of them ONLY... — read more 

It’s hard to be objective about it, but I don’t think I’m fairly compensated for the amount of work I do, especially compared to some other colleagues. In fact, I think there are many more people at Cisco right now who think they’re not fairly... — read more 

I always wonder if anyone selects "Yes" to the question: "This week did you have a conversation with your Team Leader about your Check-in priorities?" I mean, we don't have much work to do at Cisco, do we? Cisco is the fifth tech company I worked... — read more 

The company urges all employees to do "Check-in" on Fridays and I've been doing that every week, but my manager always replies to me on Saturday night saying something very unfavorable/disagreeable, which makes me sick on Saturday night and... — read more 

Cisco has totally opposite reviews; mostly five stars in Glassdoor vs very negative reviews and comments here (or there) and those actually are the fact. I often wonder if talent acquisition and hiring managers at other tech companies ever check... — read more 

Management seems to be still hiring and promoting its supporters here, no matter how incompetent these people are, and those who are the least valued here will do the work for them. Well I'm sorry Cisco, that may have worked while the number of... — read more 

Cisco is trying to push more people out by continuing to require that employees be "fully vaccinated" to do their job while not approving accommodations. This doesn't make sense to me from a policy perspective because mask and testing are still... — read more 

…does Kip C have on the ELT? The guy is a disaster and yet he keeps getting new gigs. What has he ever delivered? The square root of naff all, that’s what. Unbelievable.

What do you think?

This is gold... Shares of Cisco rose nearly 5% in extended trading after the company’s fiscal second-quarter report beat Wall Street expectations. The company posted adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share on revenue of $12.7 billion. Analysts... — read more 

Results were good.

What’s the big deal? It’s somewhat useful. But why is so more effort being put into it? It’s a tiny revenue impact and isn’t really even integrated with Cisco products. The more time spent focusing on random stuff like this the less time spent... — read more 

I didn’t get an invite, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they showed me the door. Now I'm just interested in the package.

I hope it doesn't happen.

By having layoffs every 6 months to a year, the following problems have been created: Very Junior workforce that has little industry or technical knowledge Loss of training hours and resources as skilled employees are removed Loss of... — read more 

Counted 3 in LinkedIn only today. I left last year too. The end is near.