Been at his new position for full five months. Thanks a lot, Cisco!
How does today look?
Thursday is one of the favorite days for layoffs, so I'm pretty sure we'll be hearing about even more notifications going out today. Somebody mentioned that this will last throughout the entire week, and it looks like they might have been right... — read more
CCBU how many are left?
Most top performers are gone. Any idea who is left ?
So Political...
Recently moved from Jasper to another company. They had layoff this week. Half of my team is gone with my manager. Interesting thing is Directors are still intact except one or two. They laid of managers and engineers and tech leads. They have crazy... — read more
LR in EN/CSG Engineering?
I've been hearing rumors that there is going to be a round of LR in CSG BU (EN).. anybody aware of this?
Software
Software companies don’t have weekly commit calls.
Just got my notification
Just my notification, I am based in Australia and in the CX Organisation.
EMEA - any news?
Anyone knows anything about Krakow, Brussels, and other locations in EMEA?
Any LRs at (CX) Platforms Group?
It’s useless group run by weak management. Known to create buggy platforms and tools …
Cisco Systems is cutting nearly 500 South Bay
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/11/06/cisco-layoffs-executive-departures-csco.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo .
Martinez joined the company last March with a $13 million new hire cash bonus and a salary of $675,000
"The layoffs came Monday, less than nine months after Cisco brought on Maria Martinez to lead the Customer Experience organization. Martinez joined the company last March with a $13 million new hire cash bonus and a salary of $675,000, according to a... — read more
Number of LRs in CPSG??
As I see there is only mention of internal BU name that has come out is CPSG and CX.. as per this https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/06/cisco_layoffs_customer_experience/ Does anyone have idea of how many of CPSG impactes in Bangalore and US?
IOT is dead, CX layoffs - no media coverage, Trump is right
I feel Trump is right on paid media. With so many stuff happening n no media coverage. But if some small executives leave or join it will be a huge announcement. All coverage should be monitored,
how many total?
was it 1,500 or more? seems like more to me...
CCIE
Anyone have details on what really happened to the CCIE program?
Was this an option for anybody?
But most of the employees that have been laid off will have the opportunity to be re-employed in other sectors within Cisco, the report states, as "the number of open roles in Cisco far outnumbers the layoffs”. Read this in an article, but I didn't... — read more
Use Cisco to your advantage while you still can
People worried about being laid off should really use Cisco to their advantage while they still can. With a good reason or not, Cisco is still a well respected company that is a huge asset on a resume. We all know this is likely not going to last... — read more
Cisco RTP vs WARN - interesting
Cisco is abiding by WARN Cisco is laying off more than 500 total from RTP. The media is reporting only 200-300 laid off at RTP but that was just one team of 300 at one point in time. Other teams have lost 60 and so many BU’s are now non-existent. The... — read more
More to come?
I've heard from several people that this round of layoffs might extend throughout the week. I'm not sure what they're basing that on, though. I just know I'll be really, really happy when this whole week is finally over (if I still have a job by the... — read more
FYI, check the site rules
Would hate to see a good post get nuked just because it contained something against the website rules, so for all newbies here, I suggest checking the website rules in the footer (short read, they have just a few rules). If you wish yor post to... — read more
No transparency
They talk about transparency, which is a bunch of bull.Why not come out and say what your intentions are,how many you laid off and why your doing it.Instead you have rumors going around,no one knows how there teams will be affected,and how there... — read more
Cisco Mexico
After setting up major cheap labor outposts in India and Poland, Cisco will surely be setting up next sweatshop chain in Mexico... More SJ jobs will be shipped down south promptly. Add to that some stock buyouts, you have a perfect bonus optimizing... — read more
Cisco Needs more engineers help
Why cisco executive not speak to the engineers to discuss how to develop and grow technology customer wants for to deploy! We can help grow ideas but the management with marketing and sales pukes only want to keep us in box like trapped serpent. They... — read more
APJC LR
Does anyone know when this is all happening for APJC? Or heard of anyone already impacted in APJC? it would be good to know when we can breath a sigh of relief...
Arbitration - What does it mean?
Has anyone pursued this option? What kind of outcome? Seems kind of sketchy that they are required to provide a 60 day notice but actually set the termination date 30 days, preventing participating in ESPP and qualifying for mid-year bonus.
IN THE NEWS --- Cisco swings the axe on permanent staff – hundreds laid off worldwide this week
Cisco swings the axe on permanent staff – hundreds laid off worldwide this week. Customer Experience division experiences brunt of HR's 'limited restructuring' https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/06/cisco_layoffs_customer_experience/
Sales Org LR
Bottom 15% in SJC will receive the pink slip by Friday
Something fishy?
With all the reductions, why has the glassdoor ratings for cisco not gone down? Is the information / reactions provided on this forum overstated or is glassdoor bought and paid for?
News Reel
Made TV news... the irony of what Cisco says hurt the business: http://mashup.fieldservicesondemand.co/2018/11/04/cisco-to-layoff-5500-employees/?fbclid=IwAR2FcgqDGmU_q0DJT5x22ri1lG1gqiT6ZfJvVUIT6eoPmR0cZ1eou_PMpOI
Finally Cisco layoffs in the news now
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/969d8260-b709-3926-9a75-f283cd85be13/cisco%26apos%3Bs-large-research.html Cisco's large Research Triangle Park campus braces for layoffs
Will CISCO WANG it? Or survive.
Wang systems was a power house way backnin the day and then it died. Im thinking cisco is nearly there.
Nothing about 30 days to find another job
My separation package mentions nothing about the possibility of future employment at Cisco. Who can I ask if I am eligible for rehire? I had no employment/performance issues that I knew of and consistently received 100% and more of expected bonus. Is... — read more
“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on it’s own wings. Always believe i
Good luck folks !!!!!
Chairman Club and Sales Champion are jokes .......
Cisco Mgmt always bs the importance of recognition and promotion. As a Cisco sales person or engineer, you may try your best to get the sales target and recognition of Chairman Club and Sales Champion. Someone who got Chairman Club and Sales Champion... — read more
Cisco IoT produt is dead
I was part of the Cisco Jasper 1.4billion acquisition. Another sad example of how large company can mangle an agile and innnovative product. New management from Cisco came in and it was so painful to see them wrestle with basic SAAS concepts. They... — read more
Cisco Stab in the Back
So much for all of this internal HR BS give-and-take nonsense. When a company wants to meet some stock target they dont hesitate to throw people under the bus. Cisco upper management is totally rudderless and spine-less. They even didnt have guts to... — read more
Barely any media coverage
For layoffs this scale, I'm surprised there's barely any media coverage. All I could find were two articles that address the issue directly. I'm starting to think the timing of this was intentional to coincide with elections and get buried among what... — read more
Some of the best people gone, again
Why am I not even surprised anymore?