I noticed the last couple of LRs seemed to impact many employees not in big offices (e.g. Tuscon, AZ, Hawaii, etc.) and/or not working on new software product. I wonder if the strategy here is to get rid of those heads so you can spend money instead... — read more 

I heard today from a reliable and senior source that Andy Chew offered his team to Scot Gardner for LR's, in return for an early retirement deal. Good to see the old boys club is alive and kicking in the UK&I leadership team!

Any idea? I don't believe in significant changes in visa/immigration regime, but some tax holidays for repatriated profits may be on the table. Is Trump BAU for Cisco?

I start in January & I know Cisco offers an Employee Stock Purchase Plan for blue badge employees. How does this work exactly? How do I maximize its benefits?

Is it me or do others feel the same? Overpaid blue badges doing simple work is a total waste of money. We need to be better about this no one is being held responsible for allowing this.

I saw the thread about some Tech Leads being Project Managers but my direct manager is also my SCRUM master. This sounds messed up to me but maybe it's common?

I have heard several AS folks have been given big chunk of RSUs last month. Recently most of the employees received salary raises in OCT. I wondering if same AS guys have now received the salary raise as well?

Are CCTG making any money? Is callManager part of that group or is it just pie-in-the-sky projects that are making nothing? If the VP of Engineering for that group was removed then there must be some focus on the BU

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LR FYQ1 (Feb) here...Would appreciate hearing what others are doing about theirs.

Could we please collect the list of affected BUs/groups in this thread. Such important info is spread through other threads.

What's on your mind?

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CVG BU have apparently been culled in the last few days because it supposedly wasn't making any money. That's the Cisco Cloud and Virtualization business unit for those of us that struggle with all the stupid acronyms. CCTG has also had significant... — read more 

Hearing of lots of LR activity still going on around the world and some fresh reports of Q2 LR's but can anybody confirm if all these still fall into the initial 5500 originally announced or have we surpassed that now and through some PR and... — read more 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ciscos-former-head-engineering-getting-004407071.html Cisco formally released Patel's termination letter on Thursday, detailing the financial terms of the exec's exit. That includes: $1,041,250 in severance pay (he gets... — read more 

Being on urgent leave, sick or regular PTO, can those delay the termination date?

Any info on which groups and locations are going to be targeted in the 2nd round LR?? My team in EMEAR was massively impacted in the Q1 LR and I am wondering if the already impacted teams will be revised again or is it going to hit other groups who... — read more 

http://www.californialaborlawattorney.com/has-cisco-been-accused-of-age-discrimination

They might not be able to protect Data, but they apparently can Travel in Time as it's not the 3rd yet (at least in the US) November 3, 2016 Dear John Doe: WHAT HAPPENED As part of Cisco’s commitment to trust and transparency, we are writing to... — read more 

Just the other day, 70% of all employees received a salary raise. I'm guessing now that those who were layed off in these days didn't get one. Now it gets even more interesting: I'm guessing now further that those who didn't get a recent salary raise... — read more 

with the exit of CTO, heard lot more people are getting laid off. The 4 that i know are coming from engineering side. Also, heard the rumours of 14k people from past is true, just that they are doing in phases Please share if you know more or are... — read more 

This ... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/steve-jobs-knew-tim-cook-would-kill-apples-innovation-terry

A new trend has undoubtedly emerged; get rid of the older, pricier employee that has been around for a decade and replace them with a contractor, H1B or college new hire. Even though I will probably be impacted in this next LR (manager put a random... — read more 

I wondered if others are in the same position .. I was hit in the uk in the most recent yearly Cisco layoff cycle, won't go into specifics but Cisco are quibling wording in my goal sheet. They seem to just want to pay the agreed settlement and see... — read more 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/cisco-hires-roland-acra-as-senior-manager-for-data-center-unit-1478019700 Was there really nobody else out there in Silicon Valley that could have taken this job? Do we really need to keep hiring the same handful of people... — read more 

I was impacted during Q1 and it’s been good to see other people’s views on this forum.. I disagree with some comments but also affirmed by many others (it's not just me!). I wanted to share some thoughts if I may.. Before Cisco I was laid-off from... — read more 

Update us with LR info

I have heard minimum 3 years to promote from G8 to G10 and G6 to g8 in Cisco. true ? is rule different for manager people why ?

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Is TAC the new low cost call center of the world?

I watched the first handful of Cisco Beats on Cisco TV. I 've passed on the last two and never plan to watch another one.....ever. The content is less and less meaningful and the phony hype is increasingly nauseating. Even more troubling is the... — read more 

How is the job search coming along?

I am curious to know what kind of options were awarded to average software engineers at insiemie prior to acquisition. Did almost all employees strike it rich or was it the usual MPLS? I heard even an average guy made $1million..to me thats a lot of... — read more 

I've been a Grade 8 for almost 4 years but not had a payrise in over three years. I have no idea what the pay range is for my grade. How do people find out what the range is? Ive asked my manager but he says he doesn't know. Something I find... — read more 

Did the raise shut you up? Are you happy now? Will you not care of the people who will be affected next week? I called these the bandaid raises.

I am 100% positive that I will be laid off in the coming weeks. In preparation, I've been interviewing for other internal spots and am late stage on a few. Good chance I will get an offer for one or two of these. Wondering if it makes more sense to... — read more