We all know Cisco CFO is from GE and she hired another finance big head from P&G. There is a big presentation from Cisco finance recently being floated around on how to create brands from Cisco products...:) Bravo CFO. They finally have figured out a... — read more 

Many of us were hoping that the latest round of our yearly "purge" would cut down on the vile oders eminating from breakroom microwaves and filthy WCs. Sadly, that is not the case. Bad code, banal "strategy" power points, discustingly smelly squiggly... — read more 

To answer the questions from our UK colleague, CTS has its own bonus system far less appealing than the CISCO one, especially for grades 10 and below. CTS has less leaves than CISCO France also. Thanks to the "CE" members that are so called... — read more 

Hilton's Cisco M&A team as we know is very active in sourcing deals and in charge of closing deals....Someone commented earlier in another post that they sometimes block company presentation, even from a possible list of targets if the team senses... — read more 

This ... http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-ate-our-corporate-reputation-1475445084

Biri is out...in 1 year 3 months time.....Bad for Chuck

Since the last day was Sep 19, and assuming that Cisco gets the separation agreement by the 19 and they allow for 7 days from sep 19 for withdrawals of the agreement, they should start sending out the final check this week right? Do any of you know... — read more 

Hello guys I see many of you lesser IPF (0.5 or 0.6% ) - which is for a bottom 5 to just move on. Move is ok , but I suppose you cant rejoin back anytime even when the company you join gets aquired by Cisco. Why isnt anybody not showing any anger on... — read more 

I've heard that the new guidance is to give RSUs to all GL10+ except to those on exceptionally low performance (pip or bottom 10%). Is that true

Hello hardworking sheeple, back from my 2 week vacation. Looking forward to getting back to my usual phone games and milk my sugar daddy Cisco. Deadwood over and out.

I wonder if the ELTever gets hate mail/email. They are worthless scum. I think we should replace them with millenials. Horrible people.

Heard from what I believe is a reliable source that only Directors and above will be getting RSU grants this year.

I'm going to make this short and sweet. Word of advice, if your manager is ALWAYS showing off and only talks about his/herself RUN and RUN HARD! This selfish person will not help you but his/her own self. Learn from an old Cisco sailor who's been... — read more 

Hello , from termination letter how to check if u r in bottom 5 or a LR ?

This week I heard from two sources, that directors were asked to prepare another lists for layoffs to execute in Q2 (as usual, after the earnings calls). Anyone heard something similar?

My bonus was $250. This is 1/30th of what I usually get. I have his personal email address so I'm literally thinking about transferring $250 to his paypal account.

Would have been cheaper for my manager to give me a raise, now they are scrambling to save the project. My point is you have the power not your manager.

Seriously... The amount is so small it's like a slap in the face. I'm wondering if my boss was trying to send a message. I can't even make half of my car payment with it. I'd rather of received nothing.

What impression did you get of your manager telling you're layed off? Was he really sorry (and if so, do you still think he feels sorry after more than 1 month)? Was he indifferent? Was he happy?

The yearly bonus is calculated as: target % based on your grade * Company performance factor (CPF) * Individual performance factor (IPF). The CPF was 1.05 this year. This means that if you got less than 105% of your expected bonus - you got a low... — read more 

I hear that a group of Cisco people made redundant in the UK are grouping together for a group action against Cisco, can anybody confirm

1) did cisco mail out bonus letters by usmail to those who got it? Did you guys receive it? 2) 30 Sept seems to be deposit date so we'll know for sure then but trying to figure out now .

Considering Cisco is moving away from hardware, the Capital leasing and loan business is drying up. Rumors from inside Cisco Capital say that CSFI is being wound down, painfully slowly. Senior directors at CSFI being laid off, company being... — read more 

today

When will the bonus gets deposited into the account?

Had enough of the BS....plenty of really good opportunities out there. I was trying to get my self on the list of LR's , even hinted to my manager that i want to be let go but that didn't work. Decided not to wait for someone to make the decision for... — read more 

I often had to deal with SMEs that had specific knowledge about Cisco database systems. They were reluctant to share their knowledge of how the systems worked which hindered my work flow. The SME would get very angry and yell at people for not... — read more 

Can someone explain why it is a fact that ELT communicates to the employees that Biri and team is still working on the Cisco DC/Cloud strategy while executing mass layoffs in the areas of DC/Cloud (both BU and Sales). This is embarrassing and sad.

If you impacted by the LR, please post region, function and dates of LR so we know the impact due to this LR and what country has been done. Mine is below. Impacted Region - Function - LR Notification Date - Separation Date US - Sales - August 18... — read more 

If I were a finance recruiter for a company in Silicon Valley, I will never never hire from Cisco Finance. Will never bother to touch finance resumes from Cisco as one VMWare recruiter had commented to me while trying to hire a finance partner for my... — read more 

Let's try to predict future - what are your thoughts on how 2017 will play out as it relates to LRs? Is it going to be worse than 2016, the same, better? What groups and geographies may get decimated this time around and what number do you think they... — read more 

Just wondering, does anyone know if the total of 5500 Has been reached yet. I know there are at least one group not been touched yet, but I have heard no mention if the target number has been reached???

Where ever I apply, the first q recruiter ask is - "Are you still with sysko or what is the current status". Looks like everyone knows what happened in sysko recently. My last day is going to be oct17. what should my reply be ? I generally says i got... — read more 

Who decides who's out? Is it decided on CEO level which BU has to lay off how many folks? And then who decides within a BU? Is every manager asked to lay off an equal number of people?

When is the next promotion cycle?