The package included: one year of salary two years of health insurance Do they still do this?

Chucky? Isn't that disrespectful?

Some of us were worried that he was going to lay someone off, because he was sometimes Awol in meetings. But a colleague asked him directly if he was going to lay someone off and he actually blurted out in a meeting that he also works for... — read more 

Just to collect another one year package.

Georgia voting law opens perfect cover for Cisco to close Alpharetta. Will they take this opportunity?

Will it be really damaging to resign with in 30days of accepting a job ? or I will be overreacting, impatient and would reflect badly if I leave.

That is, who is currently actively looking for a new job and at what point did you decide to do so? I’m a little worried about making a mistake, but I definitely decided to go and I already have 2 very solid offers. My reason for leaving is very... — read more 

Or, is it to get Chuck elected?

From the WSJ: Yet so much of this CEO pos­turing cites no facts—or even fails to men­tion the word “Geor­gia.” Amer­i­can Ex­press stands “against any ef­forts to sup­press vot­ing,” said CEO Steve Squeri. “Black­Rock is con­cerned about ef­forts... — read more 

Every organization has a strategy to leverage the cloud or PaaS/SaaS, but there was Cisco still forcing $100k pizza boxes down clients throats for Prime Infrastructure like features . Has the Enterprise Networking business unit made a move yet to... — read more 

Most of you may not agree but Cisco was very good to most of us who worked here for 20+ years - and mind you - I am not talking about Director/VP but just Lv 10 to 12 career. I do not care what others made at higher level and what their... — read more 

Cisco seems not to have had a growth plan for a long time. Growth is no longer an imperative for this company, as it once was. Once upon a time, this was a company run by visionaries interested in business growth, which could be achieved through... — read more 

Years ago, Cisco actually had real leaders in the company. They had a strategy aligned to customer needs and an execution plan to drive business growth. They built strong teams and grew their people ensuring there were viable careers here. The... — read more 

I think when you look at our industry and the numbers of layoffs, Cisco is not that bad. I'm not justifying layoffs - let me make that clear right now - I'm just saying that when it comes to job security, we're still not as bad as so many other... — read more 

Just sayin.

from reality of what it took Cisco to build a great company. They only care about taking care of their own.

Could be replaced with a $60 Raspberry Pi? Think about it. I bought ten Raspberry Pi's and put Arch, Ubuntu, Raspberrian, Wheezy, XBMC, and tried out several other Distros. (Note I didn't install CentOS because of what's going on now. Maybe... — read more 

Lately, it occurs to me; what a long strange trip it's been. I actually had to work today for an hour. That makes about three hours honest work this week. Who's running this show nowadays?

??

Any layoffs happened recently I see lots of people leaving Cisco and 1-2 last day emails every week

Any layoffs happened recently I see lots of people leaving Cisco and 1-2 last day emails every week

Horrible people and horrible behavior. They don’t do extra work and demand for promotions and more salary. Many are waiting for Cisco layoff package. Cisco should get rid these old sh– minded engineers

As a distinguished leader?

Pulling this up from a separate thread on not wanting Identity based Promotions. Thank you for your candor. There are examples in many groups of this insulting promotion behavior that taints everyone. Every director was mandated to sign up for... — read more 

I don't like companies laying off either, but right now there are some real winner on the WebEx. One lady said she was making sandwiches and could not reply during a scheduled weekly meeting. Another guy said he cannot do Tuesdays. The manager KNOWS... — read more 

Anyone else know of someone who was recently offered a package?

Especially for IOT, which Cisco claims to be a leader. If so, why is Cisco NOT an innovator in this technology?

A friend was telling me that in bay area the average salary of a software engineer is 200K or more. Is this true?

GSSO is a joke and it starts at the top. Shelly is the worse Sales VP I have had in my career in selling which is over 20+ years. She has never been a sales leader at any level and it shows. She is clueless about security. Notice in her emails... — read more 

Any better access points?

Or is it the beginning of the end?

Two competitive networking companies.

99% of the Executive/Senior Leadership team would be classified as a psychopath. lack of guilt, remorse, or empathy pretending to feel emotions dishonesty manipulative behavior, superficial charm, and narcissism We need more humans... — read more 

I began working here over 10 years ago. At first I thought it was great. Now it’s like pulling teeth when I wake up in the mornings knowing I have to work. I don’t know when I started dreading it. When I started becoming disillusioned by all the c-ap... — read more 

There is nobody left at Cisco capable of turning this place around. The true talent is long gone and what we have now can barely be called leadership. Anybody who was left who could have done something was forced out one way or another. Basically... — read more 

I am a black woman at Cisco. I read the comments here about being “woke”, and I will tell you that the overwhelming majority people of color do not want or expect a promotion based on their race. We want promoted based on our merit. Recently... — read more 

"Insiders said Slootman has torn up the do-gooder playbook of Big Tech's liberal elite and replaced it with a hard-charging, profit-driven ethos that doesn't pay lip service to things like diversity and social justice... — read more 

Nortel's ghost is hunting Cisco: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4412808-cisco-is-surrounded-and-lacks-perspective Good luck everyone! I managed to escape to FAANG

I absolutely agree with someone who said the re-orgs that were announced at the very top will bring a lot of downhill changes. I wonder what the scale of these changes will be and how quickly they will follow after the re-orgs at the top? It’s been... — read more 

In addition the horrendous top level leadership is the fantastically broken Services model in which Cisco handcuffs customers into enormous service contracts that customers actually don't understand. They have hoodwinked them into buying combined... — read more