Why is everyone giving a two weeks' notice? Ain't I a free man and can leave any time? I want to maximize the time between jobs. I can't postpone the starting day at my next company forever. So, the day I sign the contract, I would like to quit... — read more 

I heard Grades 11+ and 45yr+are the ones where filtering starts to happen for LR? How much of is this true ?

I was kicked out (you can call it LR or whatever) few years back. I fought hard and ended up getting 2.5 times the severance pay. It became really nasty and I turned quite a few people upside down ! Earlier this year, I interviewed for a lucrative... — read more 

I work in Legal in one of the USA offices. I will be the first to say that everyone on this board is 100% incorrect about Cisco being guilty of age discrimination. So many people on this site are complaining because they got LR'd (very sorry to... — read more 

Has anybody ex-Cisco employee tried getting what data Cisco has collected about the employee and how have they been using it. As part of GDPR/CCPA compliance they are supposed to provide it, just curious has anybody tried getting there data. And has... — read more 

Once restructured, you will look back and wonder why you wasted time wondering about what you would finally do; once restructured.

You know, all the 20-something, straight-out-of-college, cheap new employees who are supposed to take over from people who had decades of experience and practical knowledge? Because if that doesn't scream "we are committed to longevity and... — read more 

Hey folks I’m part of the recent LR of 5k(?) employees, where Cisco took pain to repeat that my dept belongs to STANDAlone Nexus division and this was nothing more than a business reason. Have had great performance reviews , am in my mid 40s, and so... — read more 

Cisco Plans To Acquire Voicea For Webex ‘Game-Changer’ ‘Voicea's true market-leading technology will be a game-changer for our Webex customers to experience more productive and actionable meetings,’ says Amy Chang, senior vice president and... — read more 

How badly hit for Europe?

I'm a 18 year veteran at Cisco. What people on this board don't realize is that the higher ups make LR decisions that benefit the company and not individual employees. If you get let go it's stressful and not fun. But that level of stress is nothing... — read more 

My team has two person left last year, so we got two new hires. This time, one team member was impacted. This kind of layoffs may not be necessary in many cases, if we have a better plan. It is really simple. Let the manager know that headcount is... — read more 

Customer Success Engineer – TAC | Cisco | Contract-to-Hire | RTP XXXX, I came across your profile and I am looking to connect with network engineering professionals like yourself in the RTP area. The reason I am reaching out is to see if you or... — read more 

I see people saying with confidence here that US is done for this quarter - or at least for this layoffs round. How do you know? I really want to believe you, the last thing I need is to stress even more about more possible cuts this week, but there... — read more 

If one was about to leave cisco or thinking about leaving and there was an immediat team member who was impacted, could this employee talk to manager or director to do a swap after the fact. Assuming of course team member who was laid off wanted to... — read more 

Many rumors of 5000 people or 5/6% or 3000 people we let go. But confirmed figure stands at 4000. Many affected region is RTP n east coast. SJ is second in line. Many fresher n interns are rejecting offers from Cisco.

Back in May and again in June I posted several things that many respondents refused to believe: 1) SEs would see a pay cut 2) Major lay-off where Services and sales (specifically sp sales) would take and extra hard beating 3) the SE titles would... — read more 

I did not receive and 1:1 invite from my manager till now. Can I assume that am not on the cull list for this LR? I could not concentrate since Tuesday. Two of my buddies got impacted. They were top performers and well-liked folks

Sounds like building 10 is empty now is anyone left in building 9?

When I was LR'd, I was given the demographics for my BU. Looking at the numbers, they very carefully kept the oldest person, let go two of the younger people, and then totally targeted those over 45. When 80% of the people in a BU go are over 45... — read more 

Unfortunately it's embedded in the culture now. Like a d–g the ELT and CFO can't get enough of to perform 2 functions: 1) to make an immediate impact on the bottom line by cutting OPEX and paying off folks in lump sums; and 2) to cull the herd of... — read more 

Are there any rumors on how this will be performed, and which teams will be affected?

Here's how internal job openings work after a LR. Let's say for example team A has two people effected. One is a low grade and the other is a high grade. Team B has 3 people let go. On chopping day all five people receive notices. Now what happens is... — read more 

I mean who decides who gets let go? Is it all on the manager to make the cuts or are they told from above who they need to let go? Who decides if it's the lower grades to chop or the higher grades? Who decides how many people in a org get let go and... — read more 

"“We have within Cisco something we call the People Deal. And the People Deal is essentially what we expect of our employees, and what they can expect in return,”" bwahahahaha

Hey fellows, Is there a whatsapp or meetup group for general support in san jose? Cheers.

We still have internal "apparent" open reqs all over the place. Beginning to doubt if they are real . I know top engineers and professionals, internal and external, who have applied or been recommended to dozens of Cisco jobs who never get a call... — read more 

It doesn't matter your level of performance at CSCO – your direct manager only has so much sway and often is just told who and when to whack people based on decisions that were made layers up. It is about as brutal as it can be, with some teams... — read more 

This round is over, but we know already another is happening in a few months. So the worrying, stressing, anxiety...all of it will continue until then. And then after that until the next round, and so on and on... It never stops. This is not a... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/cisco-settles-with-cybersecurity-whistleblower-setting-a-precedent.html

just leave cisco or they will make u leave if you are approaching 40 in age.. cisco is very age biased!

The thick irony is how much our CEO talks about how Mental Health is a major crisis in this country – and yet, this persistent bi-annual threat never abates. The stress this causes most Cisco workers is very real – and they just shove it down... — read more 

I think it's a 4% reduction for the USA only - add 2 or 3 percent for the worldwide ops, you are easily looking at a 6%-7% global headcount loss when they are all done cutting.

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1156707836757512194

Taking out some interesting groups in Cisco - despite the commentary on cloud being a priority, the restructuring is hitting that group quite hard.

Confirmed in Herndon, VA. We should start a support group and help each other get thru this and network. What an amazing year with sales!

just joined cisco, and wondering how often does layoff happen in cisco