I keep seeing multiple news organizations mentioning that employers can in fact require their employees to receive the Rona vaccine. I have seen a post previously mention that it is already being considered by Cisco HR. Cisco is a very progressive... — read more 

Sales quotas have been lowered for some groups due to COVID, but is this a sign of what’s to come for the Sales org? News of layoffs in this org have been suspiciously quiet compared to the technical side, while other similar companies are letting go... — read more 

"Cisco Systems this week revealed it is letting go 101 employees from its San Jose, Calif., headquarters following months of speculation that more job cuts were coming as part of its restructuring effort... — read more 

First of all, I saw another article about more layoffs at Cisco and eventually found my way to this website. Second, (after bumping into a former colleague at a grocery store in Sunnyvale), I also learned of an interesting scenario. And so, I will... — read more 

No doubt the designers/testers who would have caught this bug were LR'd. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/wormable-zero-click-vulnerability-in-cisco-jabber-gets-patched-a-second-time/

Any insights on the package range for Grade 11 in Germany? And what other benefits are on top?

Has anyone consulted an employment attorney (after the fact) and if so, who and what was the outcome? Will the verbage of the separation agreement automatically indicate that nothing can be done? The bottom line is this. It seems as those being... — read more 

Cisco Makes Two Big Acquisitions to Take on Zoom The company will become part of WebEx to further Cisco's contact center-as-a-service (CCaaS) platform. The company will use the platform's... — read more 

Make a word from these letters... https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/07/cisco-acquires-slido-to-improve-qa-polls-and-engagement-in-webex-videoconferencing/

Cisco requested that staff vote for Chuck in the Fierce Wireless "Most Powerful People" survey on Dec 6. On Dec 7, Chuck had already been eliminated...fierce wireless.com/wireless/fiercewireless-2020-most-powerful-people-wireless. The market knows... — read more 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-facebook-discriminating-against-us-workers This should be done for Cisco also

The largest round of recently revealed layoffs linked to coronavirus woes is occurring at The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Oakland. “An unanticipated... — read more 

What is the exit date for folks notified in phase 2 on Dec 2nd if you are on Visa? I heard it is different!

Many of Cisco employees not happy with recent reorganization are doing prep to leave Cisco and join Amazon google Facebook Microsoft etc

Cisco is now a big angry boy with grown-ups around like PaloAlto. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/fortinet-check-point-palo-alto-networks-top-gartner-firewall-report/2020/11/ Is this is surprise?

18 of impending layoffs under WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining... Stanford University told the Labor Department in August it planned to layoff... — read more 

for those who took the WTO aka voluntary leaving, are you applying for unemployment benefits. California law does not count severance for purposes of unemployment, it is considered as payment for past services. I am planning to apply, wondering if i... — read more 

Now that SFDC is buying Slack, wonder if Cisco will bother anymore with this product.

I accepted the volunteer transition, and my last d official day at Cisco was yesterday. Today I remembered I had created a PowerPoint template that I liked and tried to make a copy (no sensitive information) to a flash drive for my own records. The... — read more 

Is it me or is this program a total waste! Every case is the sales team crying about unhappy customers and demanding that we send millions in equipment and services. On the customer side it's always bad configuration or issue outside of Cisco gear... — read more 

I left Cisco a few months ago for a smaller company. I have to say that my interviewer was more impressed that I had Cisco on my resume than he was with my qualifications. He even admitted as such to me. I have to hand it to Cisco. Although it’s a... — read more 

The rates are insanely high through Cisco’s transition plans, so I guess just hit open market? Any guidance?

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Do you predict that there will be Cisco Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

Can you choose your last working day if you are notified about the LR ? or is it mandatory to work till jan 4th?

The day is coming, already i see a direct deposit. I thought it will initiate only after we sign the docs. We can even decline tomorrow or upto 1 week from tomorrow. I think it is PTO+last 2 weeks pay+ESPP balance. yet to find a job, market has... — read more 

The team analyzed Cisco Webex — IBM's primary tool for remote meetings — and discovered three vulnerabilities. Malicious actors could abuse these flaws to... https://securityintelligence.com/posts/ibm-works-with-cisco-exorcise-ghosts-webex-meetings — read more 

I’m considering a manager position with GVS in RTP- yes, I know this is a layoff site, but I’m looking for information about long term potential. Is GVS a high layoff team? What is the general turnover like? Pay seems good, but I’m wary to join due... — read more 

Has anyone received the severance pay deposit or know what day we will get paid?

Cisco IBN strategy is in shambles. DNAC is the worst ever product in Cisco history and they have lost more $$ revenue to competition than actually selling the product. Its so bad that people don't even want to talk about it... Who would you fire... — read more 

Cisco has recently announced a new CFO, but are more changes on the way? When Maria and Gerri joined Cisco, both said they were here for three years and that time is almost up. Any thoughts on likely replacements? Internal or external... — read more 

I opted for Oct 30th as my last day at Cisco. I applied for unemployment benefits in NC on Nov 2nd. The NC Unemployment office has sent a follow up email to my claim stating: When filing, you indicated you were laid off from Cisco Systems Inc due... — read more 

I am a bystander in all this but I can't help asking this question: Since Cisco has been doing senseless layoffs for so many years, most probably by now there are more ex-employees outside of the company than employee within the company There is a... — read more 

What happened to the IOT thread? Truth to the sales team being cut?

You heard it here first. Cisco will merge with Microsoft within the next 6 months.

It is simple. Stop worry about LR. It eventually will happen. When you work at Cisco, save most of your money. Live cheap. Once LR'd, if you can say last at least 15 years, you will have enough to not have to get another series of... — read more 

Hello, has anyone received the severance pay deposited? I was thinking it would be today ...