The only somewhat growth is security. Is Cisco trying to destroy their security sales business also by putting in a person with no previous sales leadership but only engineering experience but not even security experience, who was recently the VP of... — read more 

Huge scale re-org and talks about only new executive positions, would be great if there was some level of transparency over the lay offs that are going to accompany it.

I have been here for 21 years now and for the past 18 years I have had the same role. I actually liked it until mid last year. But I can't help but notice that since JC left and especially since MM came in and started this entire CX reorg nonsense... — read more 

Seems like there is again massive scale re-org, hope there is not new bloodbath coming in!!! Signs not quite right

I am planning a change companies in the next 6 months. Cisco is interesting. But please explain what "LR" means? What's the pay scale for a "Senior" engineer vs a "Staff Engineer"?

Next big layoff scheduled for 2/2/21, Groundhog Day. I find that humorous, albeit sad. One thing about Cisco is they are predictable. Annual Layoffs.

Why do SVP and above feel they need to write War and Peace emails on re-orgs, full of cyclical nonsense and fluffy words that in the end say nothing about what the changes really mean? Good gracious, the emails from MM and SW were eye-pokingly dumb... — read more 

What is project eagle? More cuts / Outsourcing?

It’s the best I’ve felt in years. Enough said.

A class action suit has been filled in California against Cisco for creating a hostile work environment. Does anyone have more details? The pacer case number is all that exists at the moment.

I know there aren't that many of them, but boy are they in for a rude awakening. I don't know what their company was like before this, but I looked around on the usual suspects (Glassdoor, LinkedIn...) and it seems decent enough. Can you imagine the... — read more 

thelayoff.com/acacia-communications or /acacia-communications

Chuck is a master of negotiation. $70/share was a 46% premium when it was agreed on in July '19. At $115/share, the purchase is a 250% premium on the original price. Now you know why they have to layoff 10,000 employees.

It's been two years since I left and it looks like Cisco is still attempting to cut its way to profitability instead of actually trying to fix everything that's been broken for years now. And apparently after years of trying to do the same thing the... — read more 

UCS is dead, what's left of the product is for sale. No growth, low margins, no ARM strategy. Who would buy the carcass??

Well it’s happening

to be brave enough to state the obvious...only he didn't six months ago

For those within the CX USPS space, it is common knowledge that organizational surveys are way down for the past year, and still declining rapidly quarter after quarter. I wanted to gather a pulse on the Courageous Conversations meeting that occurs... — read more 

Like a bad divorce...this is yet another example of how terrible Cisco is viewed. Acadia doesn't want to have anything to do with Cisco.

Share what you know. Hearing big sales hit in Feb.

A little over a year ago I was interviewing for a position at Cisco. I had been through about 8 interviews for the position. I was told by the hiring manager that she would be contacting me with HR in the next 2 days with an offer. 2-weeks later I... — read more 

Why do some people who got LR still have access to their Cisco emails after their last day? People can still send emails to them and some can still access their emails.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22212347/google-employees-contractors-announce-union-cwa-alphabet

California Business Journal Friday, Jan 1, 2021 While the company has not officially confirmed the news, reports out of Silicon Valley suggest that tech giant Cisco Systems is preparing to shed 14,000 workers from its payroll. If true, it would... — read more 

Congratulations, we survived 2020. What are your 2021 "New Year" Cisco Predictions? Wishing You Peace this New Years Eve. Be safe :)

Companies are in business to make money, not to provide jobs. The sooner you realize that companies will let you go at any time, no reason legally required since it is an “at will” employment relationship, the better off you will be. Always be... — read more 

A few weeks ago I left Cisco to join a FAANG company. I wish the decision to leave Cisco would have been harder; I truly liked being an employee of Cisco. There are many things to love about Cisco. The culture of caring was top notch. I felt the... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/cisco-turns-off-lights-on-smart-city-push-11609178895 "Cisco Systems Inc. is pulling the plug on a flagship effort to help digitize the modern city, the latest example of a big tech company struggling to enter a... — read more 

After the exodus of strong leaders in the summer the enterprise product mgmt team is now being run by amateurs who have absolutely no idea on what it takes to run multi-billion dollar businesses. Some even got promoted to senior leadership positions... — read more 

As we touched on above, Cisco Systems, Inc. is currently paying its CEO higher than the median pay for CEOs of companies belonging to the same industry and with similar market capitalizations. But the company lacks EPS growth, and returns to... — read more 

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/cisco-oracle-ibm-workers-anxious-about-job-cuts/2020/12/

I was such an id–t. I thought as long as I went above and beyond the company would see what a valuable asset I can be - then I was hit in the last round of layoffs. No one is safe here. I’ve seen people with more years of experience than I laid off... — read more 

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/ciscos-svp-of-security-jumps-ship-for-google-anthos/2020/12/

Why do people keep complaining about working long work weeks at Cisco? Working 50-60 hour weeks is nothing. Bill Gates would put in 90 hour weeks when starting Microsoft. Elon Musk claims to put in 120 hour weeks between his companies. Those are a... — read more 

If you are LRed take it in stride. It just means: You will no longer have to worry over stress and anxiety inducing quarterly and annual CSCO LR's You will no longer have to worry about mgrs who are never held accountable You no longer... — read more 

Documented on Page 79 of Proxy Statement on Cisco Investor Page along with audio replay

Cisco Systems Inc.’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) operations chief has left his position, the San Jose networking giant disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday... — read more 

5k are already LR/ER'd. According to Washington Post, that is part of 8000 contingent to be let go. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/12/16/cisco-has-cut-3-500-jobs-since-covid-19-hit.html