What is the expected salary range for grade 6 in SJ? How does a grade 6 eventually grow into a higher grade role?

New to Cisco. I have heard that there are going to be company wide layoffs sometime soon. Anyone has an idea of what that date might be? Early march? Early April?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-7PW5svrDs

My take on layoff predictions: note it has come true everytime. TAC - majorly AS Cloud Mgmt/center UCS & teration Routing Surprising no switching group.

For those who were in Advanced Services, why did Bryan Palma leave for Blackberry? Looking at his LinkedIn, it appears he leaves a place every 5 years, which is typical of execs. I heard he was generally disliked, and uses companies only as a... — read more 

November was a big lay-off and since then several,higher ups have exited causing a brain drain ?crisis? Wondering if this may be the start of Cisco’s end or perhaps collaborations end? Feb13 March or April will drain the rest. Thought?

My BU’s quarterly earnings was revised recently (increased), now management folks project that we may miss the target for next two quarters. I don’t understand the logic, why revise to target beyond expectations and later suggest that situation is... — read more 

I'm not saying no more. Save your money. Eat bread 'n water. It's gonna be a bloodbath.

Get ready for the new round of layoffs in SJC in March-April. Approximately 6000 to be LRed company-wide. Solid info coming from a very senior guy.

Yeah so asking on behalf of a friend, but my friend hasn't been looking so great lately and he won't talk about work at all. Are layoffs happening in Alpharetta too?

Does anyone know what the amount is and if it's a flat bonus or it depends on clearance level? I have a TS and a possible offer.

I was in a group (dealing with cloud computing - the area that Cisco management said they were concentrating on and therefore laying LR'ing people in other areas). Had been with Cisco 20+ years, age 50+ and I got laid off in September, 2016. Part of... — read more 

Q2 Financial results will be released on that day. At the end of the call, Chuck will mention that 4,500 people will laid off. If your mgr is acting strangely to you since mid Jan, that's a sign you're on the chopping list. . A few heads will be... — read more 

Is Cisco ACI doing good and earning revenue for Cisco? Is it safe to join the Cisco ACI team? Is the ACI team doing layoffs?

I was at Cisco for 7+ years and was fired recently after speaking out on some serious unethical actions that took place under my organization. I've learned Cisco is not a place to be a free-thinker, even if your advice is purely constructive... — read more 

Anybody know what scam you have to pull to get a techwomen of the year award past your way??? What bullsh@t if there ever where was. This innovation scam being run is in need of serious investigation and the people who are shelling corporate money... — read more 

When I was working at Cisco, HR announced that a major company survey would be taking place and that it was important for everyone to be as honest and as frank as possible. We were told that the survey would be “100% Anonymous and 100% Confidential”... — read more 

How does it work ?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/25/h-1b-oracle-favored-hiring-foreign-graduates-of-u-s-colleges-over-american-grads-feds-allege/

It was rumoured that contractors would be layed off back in Dec 2018? Was anyone impacted? I'm asking because I'm considering a contract role at Cisco; but reading mixed messages about contractors in CX.

Anyone have info on buildings SJC- I,J and K getting sold off and TAC being move with BUs or different building?

I have offer for G11 from the teams and wondering if the products are doing good or not. Any inputs will be helpful. Cisco is known for layoffs but how are these teams? Are they growing or suffering layoffs too?

I hear there will be phase2 of LRs coming - after the November '18. All under-performing BUs will be impacted. Cisco is feeling the pinch of trade wars and "CX transformation" is not convincing customers and partners that Cisco knows what Cisco is... — read more 

Not a troll question, I'm honestly curious. I've never seen anything on the internet even mention Spark that wasn't a blog/post/article, a sponsored ad, or obvious puff piece. Last year there was an outage that lasted several days...My guess is that... — read more 

When are the Splunk and Nutanix announcements expected?

Juat thought I would come back and share my experience. This is clearly one of the most active boards here, for obvioua reasons. I was with Cisco for over 10 years. I have patents. I always made a positive impact. I moved on every 3 years to a new... — read more 

About a decacde ago, I was unfairly placed on a PIP because of a grossly incompetent manager (who was ALSO placed on a PIP). I decided to prove that it was unfairly and beat it. (Which I did.) I assumed that was the end of things. However, the... — read more 

I see all these people b--ching about Cisco LRing older employees in favor of college grads. Only thing I can say is it's your own damn fault. I'm 56 years old and a grade 13. I'm not a manager. Never once have I ever been scared I'd be laid off... — read more 

If any, which positions below could be more sustainable against layoff at Cisco. Consider age 50, hardworking and motivated employee: 1)NCE 2)Sales Engineer 3)Software Engineer 4)Solutions Architect 5)Line Manager I imagine 1) and 3) are very... — read more 

(Currently 2 Years on the job) I've read on here that PIPs are essentially the kiss of death and once you are placed on one, you are essentially toast. Recently with all of the layoffs and reorgs my manager has changed and his first order of business... — read more 

This is not only related to any particular tech company. It seems it is a sad reality that all of a sudden I see fewer and fewer engineers older than 45 around me. Moving to management was not my plan, but I have been testing waters and I have seen... — read more 

How is Global infrastrucutre services group(GIS) ? was it impacted or going to be impacted by layoffs ?

I would like to know do cisco offer SE grade 9, if so what is the difference between grade 9 and grade 10. quite confused ?

I’m a new mid-career employee with extensive experience, and I would say I’m overly reliant on the folks who have been at Cisco longer, for a few reasons. Cisco has no discernible processes or procedures, but “leadership” insists that everything be... — read more 

I was looking at Glassdoor's recently published 2019 Best Places to Work list for U.S. Large Employers and I was frankly shocked to find Cisco there. How? The only explanations that comes to mind is that HR is hard at work drowning out any negative... — read more 

Cisco allocated ~375 million dollars for restructuring at end of q4fy18. They used 78 million at end of q1 and I don’t feel rest was all used up during nov restructuring. We will see it in q2 numbers that release mid feb. Historically we have always... — read more 

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Are my chances of being laid off high as a new grad? I want to start at Cisco for 1-2 years then switch. It will be a Software Engineer Grade 4 Position... Let me know thanks!

What is the pay range for Grade 12 in San Jose, CA or any other major city?