On the Beat, seeing some red faces trying to sell these budget restraints.

Just saying

and it's actually 100% like they said after the earnings call, so at least this is coming in next week

you know what that means

I remember when I couldn't imagine working anywhere else. Now I can't imagine staying. They took something great and broke it. Makes me sad every day.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-data-center-layoffs-leave-workers-stunned-after-relocating-for-tech-jobs

When mass promotions of 6700 people in CX happened all of us in CX understood that the margins would get affected in a few quarters when its in effecti in all regions and there would be consequences but LC & CX leaders defended it then and tried to... — read more 

This explains why it was not announced and why it was not in the statements We quietly lost a few recently

The Cisco ELT and multiple layers of bloat beneath them are waking up to the fact that the very AI they are so aggressively promoting will completely destroy their lives. Each and every one of Cisco's business units are being actively replaced by a... — read more 

The abuse, pressure and threats of layoffs are intended to keep you locked into a victim mentality. They don't want you to realize that in most cases, software services you work on can now be vide-coded and released as competition or simply given... — read more 

Tesla must face lawsuit alleging it replaced laid-off US workers with H-1B visa holders | Electrek https://share.google/1VrPwTtJ3kMSOejdK

Just saw that the Beat scheduled for 2/25/2026 was canceled for “leader training”. I guess the ELT is coaching them what to say for the upcoming layoff.

The positive side with Ai. Now I can pretend work with useless Ai trainings. I am working with fake POC with Ai. Ask ai for some dummy implementation and call it as my poc. I can watch Netflix whole day and still get good performance review, because... — read more 

This is just a public service announcement. and these roles are not fake as Cisco's open roles.

Most of their cases are general inquiries with zero technical complexity and could be easily handled by AI. Every new ticket opened is nothing but a CAPEX/OPEX to Cisco.

"I want to be fully clear and transparent on the great place to work programme" doesn't mention that Cisco buys their way to the top Ok

Does anyone know if there will be any layoffs in the SBG , considering that it’s one week now after the earnings call?

While we are spinning our wheels. Who, on the exec side, is responsible for this?

The company keeps letting go of people who actually know the work and matter, then shuffling others into roles they aren’t set up for. It’s creating gaps and inefficiencies that could’ve been avoided. I'll never understand the logic behind their... — read more 

I was laid off after Q1 results were announced, even though there was no formal announcement of any cuts by the company. Came as quite a surprise. They are doing stealth cuts every quarter, may not be a high number that they need to announce, but... — read more 

How is it working for you? Any repercussions?

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/11/cisco-president-warns-ai-agents-need-background-checks-like-human-employees

Do you think that UCS can survive this situation? . https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2026/cisco-revises-partner-contract-terms-in-response-to-soaring-memory-prices

I came from the Splunk side, where company bonuses were often. With the most recent earnings call and stock dip, what is the likelihood we receive?

Cisco H1b transfer timeline Has anyone gone through H1b transfer recently from Cisco? I got an offer three days ago and background check was triggered yesterday. Does Fragomen Immigration wait for background check before sending immigration... — read more 

The stock is down 6.5% over the past six months. Under the employee stock purchase program, shares are acquired at the end of each six-month period. At that time, a charge appears. Is that charge simply the cost of the shares purchased, or does it... — read more 

Rumor during Cisco Live was a big wave of good talent voluntarily departing from DC marketing. Not sure what's happening there?

SBG is getting hit. Good luck everyone

Layoffs in SBG have started

Already started

Where's the bottom. All was fine yesterday, but today begs to differ. What a bunch of clowns at the helm.

Cisco stopped calling out LRs but these are happening. Splunk, security and CX are targets with negative growth, and AI doing more of their work. Please comment as you know these actions this week.

All rumors were fake. Cisco is growing 10% YoY and stock price is better than its peers. Just see no reason for layoffs or site closings. Would not be surprised if nothing happens in August either.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/11/cisco-csco-q2-earnings-report-2026.html We sabotage ourselves, why? Explain.

That is good news for SBG and Collab!