Anyone know?

The GSSO is sinking quickly. Start throwing out lifelines to your friends and former co-workers who are at competitors that are still hiring and paying more. SB has literally sank GSSO quicker than imaginable. No one is making money this year. ... — read more 

SA cost cutting continues. Aside from many SA positions not being backfilled, there is more emphasis on using C2E and Agile TSA to reduce the number of SAs. The SA leadership is moving forward with more SA cuts. This will take on various forms... — read more 

There are many who say that nowhere did they get a paycheck so easily as they did at Cisco and should continue to milk the cow for as long as possible. My experience is just the opposite. If I have to do most of the work myself on the next project as... — read more 

I never hear about this anymore. Did Cisco ki-l it or lay most of them off or something? Or maybe with AWS/Azure it is rendered irrelevant? Seems like this was a darling 3 years ago, and almost no emphasis now.

What's all this focus on FSO? Is it real?

Again whole bunch of reorgs … directors n vps leaving .. is something in the works

It takes about a month for a person to figure out what kind of company they got the job at. If after that he or she decides to stay here to gain some experience in order to get something better, I do not recommend staying longer than two years... — read more 

existed one month. Sorry to say, it is sad to say i have work for Cisco for 14 years without proper send off. This company gives sh* about employees.

Nothing is getting approved for HR or purchasing. I heard the word "crisis".

Yesterday, again, I had a very ugly situation with an older colleague who for some reason thinks he is more skilled than any new employee, just because he is a long term employee. I think he is only as good as his options. Why so much animosity... — read more 

Me: ZERO

The vCMTS aka cloud native broadband router has been canceled and the whole team laid off. RIP CISCO in the cable industry.

That you have heard of. Outside of obvious ELT, SVPs, VPs. A Wednesday fun day question.

I wish more new hires who seem so happy to join Cisco knew they were only being brought on to be used as fodder for layoffs a year or so down the line. Cisco has to even out the numbers somehow to avoid being accused of age discrimination during... — read more 

This is happening in two phases. Phase 1 - SAs will be in Click 2 Expert and AMs will engage you that way. It will be told to you that this is for metrics only. (There is a hidden agenda by EK and SEDs.) Phase 2 is full Agile TSA. This is to... — read more 

Outstanding.

What is the highest IPF range one could get in Cisco ? Is there any range for IPF factor?

I have colleagues who have a negative opinion about Cisco’s investment in Qwilt and also those who think that investing $70 million in Qwilt is a wise thing to do. What do you think?

Any idea when is the hike cycle given past 2-3 years no hikes has been there It was told this year during march, then may be june and now Its Sep end ! If one have some insights as if if one should expect or not ? Also given they havent given... — read more 

Any idea when is the hike cycle given past 2-3 years no hikes has been there It was told this year during march, then may be june and now Its Sep end ! If one have some insights as if if one should expect or not ? Also given they havent given... — read more 

I recently found my past Cisco peers goes back to Cisco, majority of them are non technical and non core stuff, and got jobs like customer success manager, director of customer success, customer assurance manager, some soft positions. it is funny to... — read more 

SB and her Engineering VP friend she brought over are now referring to the CSSs and TSAs that are mapped 1:1 as Legacy GSSO Sellers. The reason is they are building and transitioning all GSSO selling from CSSs and TSAs to under them. Why do you... — read more 

Things are not looking good. SAs will not be backfilled when they leave and if not enough SAs leave, then layoffs for SAs coming. Then the remaining SAs will be going Agile TSA. This is all due to the initiative of driving down the cost of... — read more 

https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/09/16/cisco-ucs-servers-nowhere-to-go-except-out-of-cisco/

If Cisco leadership is real about getting into software, security and cloud, then I imagine those of us who left the company should be able to go back to Cisco in senior leadership positions. I may consider going back due to the work-life balance... — read more 

Coming from someone who is truly allergic to vaccines and having a hard time with a medical exemption.

It is official that SAs are going to C2E and Agile TSA. I heard today my AVP say that we have to deal with it as AMs and that is the direction Cisco Engineering is going whether we like it or not. It is time for AMs to push back or leave. This is... — read more 

Saw the news that CISCO is fully committed to becoming a software company. Good luck when your people don't get raises that even come close to inflation and promotions almost never happen. I've been with this company for years, won awards and am... — read more 

Matrix Part 4 (no joke) is being released in December 2021. Should be awesome. Parts filmed on Tasman Drive (see background in coffee shop on clip below): For Part 4: Neo plays a +50 LR'd Developer who goes looking for his next job, only to... — read more 

It's a bit sad because most people I know who strive to get promoted here do so just to open up opportunities in other companies which they go to very soon after the promotion here. I, too, tried to get a promotion, not just for a slightly higher pay... — read more 

All engineers in CMS network operation center in krakow are being fired from all customers and all positions are moved to… you gussed it India (where they are getting only 20% less money than we do but looks like its still worth it for a cheap Cisco) — read more 

I can guess the reasons why they want to gather the age group data, but I think they should gather number of years of exp. in the industry instead. I’m curious about your take on this data gathering.

I joined the company this month. I'd worked at several tech companies before. It turned out my manager has been working at Cisco for 21 years since he graduated from a college. He doesn't have any other work experience outside Cisco. Although he is... — read more 

CSSs - You will not be happy with your goal. Why do you think there has been the exodus already. The growth you are getting is going to be BIG. You are not going to make any money. This year is going to be bad. Then after this year, you will no... — read more 

Did Cisco acquire it ??

I guess many are waiting for bonus letters

No, there are no 2021 layoffs planned. Cisco is an average company - may be slightly below average. Which is not that bad. Expect below average compensation. That is still ok. Networking with bosses/directors may help a little but not much. .. — read more 

I don't ever want to drive to the office. How long can we milk this Covid Cow?

How honest are you when filling out employee/workforce surveys? Did you ever put down what you really think or do you make it all positive just in case? I admit, I never got the courage to be completely honest simply because I don’t trust them. No... — read more