I have read of Cisco employees being fired on the grounds of discrimination. Yet when execs in HR have a case of discrimination against them why do the ethics committee ignore it. Does it not say that there is zero tolerance to any form of... — read more 

Is anyone aware of an offically produced Cisco document detailing explanation as to why formal, written Performance Reviews are currently not a corporate Human Resource mandate? If so, what is the title of the document and is it available... — read more 

We're #1!!! There's no dissent to the direction of the company. We're the best, hands down

Just wondering if California Early Retirement departees have applied. I hear mixed comments like "Can't get it as you volunteered to go" to "You were forced to leave, intimidated that you would be let go with a smaller LR package". LRs do get... — read more 

Whoo-hoo! My checks - one for severance and one for medical - hit my bank account. Thanks Cisco!!! A Happy Retired Guy.....

ER funds from Cisco posted to my bank account today. I was on the 5th October exit. Wow, even at 22% IRS tax that's a lot of tax. Not to mention the CA taxes. Oh. I just did...

People are saying, if you don't know about something, just Google it. It is the same with Zoom. When talking about video conferencing, it is all about Zoom calls. Never, never have I heard "Let's get together and do a Webex call". Bottom line is... — read more 

After 6 years at Cisco I must say that I am proud to have started my career here. I was able to come on the tail end of John Chambers career, but I must that my mood has change within the last year with Chuck. I have a kid on the way, but as I enter... — read more 

Are Cisco employees with Dalits background affected in this LRs? I just saw some old articles on Google… Indian immigrants from Dalit backgrounds are rising up against caste discrimination at their workplaces in the United... — read more 

Age discrimination is common in high tech industry. If you are 50 or above, you have to prove that you are good and why you are qualified for the senior position and pay. Cisco reinvent itself through acquisition since the early day. Reinvent inside... — read more 

To all those who elected to take the early retirement package or received notifications your jobs are at risk... We already miss you! There is a tremendous void left where you used to so effectively do your jobs and keep the business running... — read more 

Why? ??

I have always wondered why John Chambers left Cisco. What I wondered is: If they did NOT want him (John Chambers) to buy MPLS companies anymore? If not, why did he leave? MPLS stands for the initials: * Mario Mazzola, ... — read more 

Maybe Cisco should install far UV lights (at 222 nanometers wavelength) and put the people back to work writing bloated (and buggy software) for overpriced switches and routers?

Wondering if someone can provide perspective on how taxes work with the LR package. I understand it will probably push me to a higher tax bracket but will all proper taxes be taken out from Cisco directly? Do I need to do anything myself? And lastly... — read more 

then make your salary $1.

https://fortune.com/2020/10/13/worlds-best-workplaces-2020-leadership-cisco-covid-19/

If you are a SE listen up for those of you who still have a job at Cisco, Maria Martinez aka CX Queen is replacing SEs with a CSS position in CX. The pay is much lower and 0 commision. This is why we saw so many colleagues and friends hit in this... — read more 

"I am so proud of this JC2 Ventures #startup for pioneering the new edge services model of enterprise and cloud computing.This market transition is especially important today, as Pensando is helping enterprises and cloud providers like Hewlett... — read more 

https://blogs.cisco.com/wearecisco/cisco-worlds-best-workplace#comments This is the link to Cisco boasting about being number 1 etc. When I looked earlier there were 6 comments on that blog, some were supportive others were saying it’s a bit... — read more 

Why is that right after I apply for a role in the internal job portal that posting gets removed immediately? Multiple times I have faced this. Isn't it fraud somehow?

https://blogs.cisco.com/wearecisco/cisco-worlds-best-workplace Cisco blog on being the best place to work in the world. You can leave comments on the blog.

I've seen alot of negative posts about the "CX Queen" such as "most overpaid woman in tech" amongst many others. What am I missing historically?

Wages to follow https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-13/san-francisco-studio-apartment-rents-plunge-31-most-in-u-s

Isn't all this $hitshow actually playing into millennials' and younger folks mentality and they really like it ? From what I could see they mostly have zero empathy, are totally self-obsessed, tend to think that someone owns them a recognition... — read more 

Just seeing if anyone has worked out the day our bank accounts see the money!

Less than a week after LR, Cisco announces proudly they are #1 on the Worlds Best Workplaces List. Who voted??

in reality, Cisco doesn't need to layoff folks. With $11b+ cash in the bank, Cisco could weather the storm and reallocate/train employees to divisions that need them. But noooo.....that would mean mgmt would actually have to work, instead of hitting... — read more 

As long as Cisco continues promoting the wrong people who have no experience and very little knowledge in the field they're being promoted in, we will continue to fail. It's as simple as that. They can lay off people if they have competent managers... — read more 

Seriously, why no one brings this up during check in? Layoff maybe once a year might be acceptable. With the employee churn so high, don't the upper management think it's a bad strategy? How about the board of directors? If new grads don't join, I... — read more 

Does anyone know what’s happening with Commercial organization at Cisco. Seems like big changes but it’s all hush hush right now.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-pay-cuts-ignite-tech-industry-covid-19-tensions-11602435601 If paywalled, see it here: https://archive.is/E3ZCO Silicon Valley Pay Cuts Ignite Tech-Industry Covid-19 Tensions Bay Area staffers... — read more 

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/cisco-slashes-workforce-by-9-contradicts-previous-pledge/2020/10/

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instead of innovation where the expertise actually is, a new Incubation-BU will try to do it with zero domain experience in the respective techno areas, More wasteful repetition inside cisco

Why are there so many?