CMS is dead except for current clients. Once the contracts expire in 2019, expect massive layoffs.
Merakify vs Merakitize
Robbins: "We couldn't decide if we needed to 'Merakify' the core, or 'Merakitize' the core..."... — read more
Cisco rocks, again
Enough said.
Stock buybacks are for dimwits
who can’t figure out how to grow revenue and throw money away instead of investing in tha business https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-results/cisco-tops-estimates-as-turnaround-takes-center-stage-idUSKCN1FY30M
Digital Milk and Honey Ahead
we believe Cisco is slowly putting together newer growth engines (e.g. security, SaaS model, Cisco ONE, cloud initiatives) to help lay the groundwork for a stronger bookings growth trajectory in FY18/FY19... — read more
Cisco Earnings Thumbs Up!
Cisco powers through and reports earnings growth today, resulting in share prices not seen in years. One anonymous Cisco Exec stated "I am thrilled. I have caught so much sht from the as clowns posting on layoff.com that we feel vindicated today"
Salary and/or promotions coming this quarter
Cisco beats estimates
When was last LR in Cisco?
Supposed to be one in Feb. Has it happened?
ASR9001 and NCS5500
Poorly made, avoiding them at all cost. Don’t listen to sales!
xNDS - There are three in the bed...
...and the little one said - rollover, rollover. 3 PE companies are in the bidding now for xNDS. Who knows which will win but they HAVE all written down their numbers on a hidden ticket. Now Cisco is counting them up. Let's hope it is a company with... — read more
Network assurance
I'm a student and read about Network Assurance on cisco site. Any Idea what is DNA & Assurance? How it adds value in overall network? I post it here because i know maximum cisco engineers visit this site, So i will get answer.
How to know layoffs are coming
Found this list of 29 signs a company is about to conduct mass layoffs. Judging by this, we are in for a major layoff round really soon... — read more
Here's proof that Cisco has lost its vision
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/31/cisco_container_platform/ Despite knowing the fate of other companies, Cisco is focusing more on software rather being innovative hardware company. It is clear that Cisco has to depend on Google or Microsoft... — read more
Laying off freshers
My manager told me some time ago that nobody gets laid off in their first year at Cisco. That's the time given to engineers to proof themselves. Several other engineers told me stories over the years about whole team getting laid off except freshers... — read more
How does it feel like to be LR'ed?
Please share your experiences. Just wanna prepare in case I get LR'ed by the next looming LR.
Why do you work at Cisco?
Two questions for ya all: a) Why did you decide to join Cisco b) What makes you stay at Cisco.
Will I be LRed if I am new?
I have a pending offer from Cisco for the software engineer position. I am a fresh college graduate (and I am not from India). I am on student visa so being laid off sounds extremely scary for me. I have read many of the posts here. It seems the LR... — read more
Tivo suing Comcast X1
https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/tivo-sues-comcast-x1-patent-infringement-1202661161/ The problem when you actually do some business
Cisco to pay $10k bonus to all US employees!
There is also something for other locations - but amounts will be lower, since the whole action is driven by the Tax Reform windfalls in US. Finally!
Positive news? See the Market Watch article
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/arista-stock-falls-after-deutsche-bank-warns-of-resurgent-cisco-2018-01-23?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
March 2018
There will be salary raises and promotions in March. Looking forward!
Layoffs coming to San Jose campus
Many more layoffs coming to the San Jose campus in February. You have been warned
NDS on the chopping block
Yep, NDS' for sale - source and article below: "Cisco Looking to Sell Video-Software Unit NDS at Steep Discount" Six years after shelling out $5 billion for NDS, Cisco is now putting a $1 billion price tag on the Jerusalem-based business, which... — read more
Report of sale of xNDS in Israeli press
In Hebrew. I am sure Google Translate will help those who can't read it. Calcalist is a reliable site. They always know what is happening in NDS a few days before it becomes public knowledge. They say we are being sold for USD 1B and that there are... — read more
End of Q2 FY18 - Rumors of LRs across various orgs
Typically Q2 is bad for Cisco that gives so called ELT an opportunity to shed extra fat so that their pockets get fat. I have been hearing rumblings about LR in SPBU. Please share if you have heard such rumors in your group. I think SPBU will see the... — read more
Why ignore performance when laying off?
Why in the world does Cisco ignore performance when determining who will be laid off? In the past several rounds of layoffs some of our best people were shown the door, while some newer employees who barely know what they are doing are still here. I... — read more
Cisco ready to close deal to sell SPVSS
Cisco is close to announcing it's agreement to sell it's long trouble video business unit SPVSS back to it's previous owners Permira Private Equity TMT Group at an enormous loss.
Severance Package @ Cisco ?
What is it in term of months ?
cisco stocks
$40+. I'm getting rich. Thank you Chuck and the rest of the leadership team.
H1-B Visa program to be expanded!
Under new immigration proposal, H1b to be expanded!!!! Yes, we can stay and more cheap labour for the tech in Silicon Valley.
GoPro to be acquired by CSCO
GoPro just had an LR where 20% were chopped. GoPro is trying to sell itself to CSCO, AMZN, AAPL or GOOG in that order of priority. CSCO would be a good fit as it can use the patents of GoPro to innovate and make heavy returns on its investments... — read more
Cisco + Ericsson= $1b Partnership!
In other news, the Cisco and E/// partnership is yielding thousands of dollars of incremental revenue for Cisco, has exposed competitive product and service overlaps creating mistrust on both sides, and has a retread SVP (reporting into an SVP)... — read more
India has received 2.3 million H1Bs in the last 10 years with 300K visas just in 2017!
http://www.firstpost.com/world/h1b-extensions-on-the-chopping-block-4282721.html Over the last 10 years - from 2007 to 2017, Indians have taken the lion’s share of H1B visa approvals every single year followed by China in second place and Canada... — read more
What will 2018 bring?
Tax reform is heating up the economy and the demand for engineers. New enforcement of existing H1B rules is tightening the supply of easily exploitable, entry level, immigrants for lower level engineering jobs. Domestically the best students have not... — read more