If you are a bottom 5%, expect to be cut at anytime. This happens at all companies. Don’t believe the booted sour grapes posting here frequently who claim to have jobs paying more than they used to get at Cisco. Why do such losers keep coming here... — read more 

Anybody else really, really tired of layoffs always hanging over our heads? I just realized recently, the health issues I've been having are caused by stress and constant worry over my job. This should not be our reality, but unfortunately it is. I... — read more 

I have heard "end of month" a few times but nothing solid. Anyone have any better data?

Anyone know what's going on with Spark call? Been hearing lately that they may be facing layoffs due to a crappy product.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-18/cisco-s-chambers-to-step-down-from-board-ceo-robbins-takes-role Its over for Chambers at the end of the year.

Will there be any impact on SPG in upcoming Layoffs ? Heard that revenue from SPG sales are constantly decreasing. Which teams in SPG are likely to take hit ??

Exactly what the title says. I would imagine bonus info was already submitted by managers, but what are the odds i get screwed?

it is communicated that enjoy your festive season with family by applying 5 day PTO.

I had 3 open head counts I was recruiting for, I was told yesterday they have all been cancelled... last time this ha;pended was at the last LR

No wonder, Trump is in the white house and you can't do anything about it!

Heard this from 2 different sources. Thought this won't happen post Metacloud auqisition.

https://www.thelayoff.com/juniper-networks

This happened to a friend of mine here in India. He was with Tech Mahindra. HR harassed the dude to tender his resignation letter within 24 hours or he would be terminated. That's cold but we are not far off from such scenario here at CSCO. No... — read more 

Rumors seem to be solidifying around second half of October. I can tell you what I do know. Q1 numbers looking very shaky. Lots of fiddling of forecasts going on (shifting commits from Q1 to Q4). Execs and PM's doing almost nothing but revenue... — read more 

Anyone aware that for the last 3 months the ELT have been doing nothing but sell off their stakes? JC sold 25% of his. Do they know something we don't?... — read more 

HPE's networking grew at 16% last quarter! Did anyone see that coming? https://fortune.com/2017/09/05/hp-enterprise-shares-soar-on-strong-sales-of-networking-gear/

I'm hearing rumors that there is a high probability layoffs will be happening soon. Is anyone else hearing this? I've seen a few post where people mention September / October. I haven't heard anything about dates but have been told just expect soon... — read more 

http://m.benzinga.com/article/6149651

https://www.thelayoff.com/f5-networks also see: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/weak-start-year-layoffs-hit-f5-networks/

H1B program. America First!! American jobs for Americans. Foreigners stay in your slum countries.

Any idea as cisco is having similar product line 9k and they both compete in same market.

Just curious on the impact of LR on RSU's. Has Cisco ever accelerated the vesting dates of RSU's as part of the LR package? Is that they're willing to consider? What if you get LR'd a couple of months before your annual cliff date?

Stop distorting the message and minimizing impact. Are you ok with the decision to let people go as it was done in 2016 by creating spreadsheets that track the number of years, total compensation, and grade? No performance question. Just number of... — read more 

"Artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia but of all of mankind," Putin said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."... — read more 

I have been offered a sr technical leader position at Cisco in one of the networking groups in bay area. I have a PhD with 10 years of relevant experience. Can anyone please give a ballpark of the total compensation package? Base+ bonus+ stocks?

Hearing that this year we again have quite a good raise and promo budgets - like we had last year, when quite a lot of people got promoted. Expect some good news in October / November time.

What the f--- happened to Sync Up website? How do we ensure our manager is not f---ing us from the behind that the ratings are not documented? Is there a way to make Team beneficial to employee rather than the manager? How do I detect nepotism by... — read more 

the latest post was wrote 3 days ago. any new topic?

Anyone hear if we will get any bonus for year end? We got 5% in March. I haven't seen anything from the higher ups.

This guy thinks not. https://seekingalpha-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4102341-reacquainting-cisco

ReportH1BAbuse@uscis.dhs.gov

Why are no salary hikes or grade changes given for lateral moves ?

Given rampant age, s-x and racial discrimination, what does everyone think of the Cisco sponsored http://multiplydiversity.com ? It defines diversity as "different races, cultures, abilities, genders, generations, ethnicities, and orientation" but... — read more 

OK, if a Lannister cannot help us I am not sure who would be able to... The hugely talented actor Peter Dinklage, who has spent the past seven years enthralling audiences as Tyrion Lannister, has started a series of videos trying to explain Cisco's... — read more 

Everyone knows investors want to see cloud. That causes every legacy vendor to figure out how to show cloud growth. Vendors without a legacy business like Salesforce, Workday, Amazon, and Google don't have this problem. Traditional vendors like... — read more 

In France all our SPVSS team have received LR package including : Tax free "bonus" between 60K€ up to 25 months of salary (depending of years of service) PLI RSU PTO 50K€ for training of our choice 75% of current salary paid each month during 1 year... — read more 

We are having a bloodbath with all the red badges right now, we have dropped 20% of them with another 15-20% to come. It's nuts, I was already working 60 hrs a week and now they want me to work even more, to "do more with less". Looks like there was... — read more