I guess I was one of the "lucky" ones who didn't get LR'ed last week. Lucky because I can still pay for my home and feed my family. However, despite my luck, I have not been comfortable at Cisco this past week at all. First and foremost, many of my... — read more 

I experienced how 'success' at Cisco was related to politics and not necessarily performance, and I didn't want to personally develop "the politics", although I could have and I could have 'survived' that way. My skill set has always served me well... — read more 

We do monitor various sites to make sure they are compliment and no sensitive and confidential information is inappropriately disclised. Regarding LR activities, the day of LRs, (depending on geo), we do the following: 1) get in our conference room... — read more 

Anyone in a BU that has seen no LRs at all? Be afraid, it just means it will be worse soon!

I was pretty sure San Jose was pretty much done for now, or least in most organizations.

Do we have any HR folks on this site - if yes, can someone chime in and outline typical HR activities the day of layoff announcement

Our boss canceled our Team Meeting... basically saying that "things are still in the works" that she can not talk or answer questions about. Sounds like more layoffs are coming.

I agree with the mixed feelings: on the one hand, I've been miserable at Cisco for years. Trying to exert influence on the management team as an IC in that company is like boxing a fog-bank and a glacier at the same time. And, yet, with nearly as... — read more 

Has anyone thought of appealing? We have until tomorrow, 7 business days after the news. But the thought of seeing my mgrs face makes me shudder. What happens when when you appeal?

I am in a critical position but for me, the dark cloud that they put over us while we wait for the LR to happen is ridiculous. I spend a third of my day counseling my employees who are worried about their job. Come on guys, just rip the Band-Aid off... — read more 

It would be a sad mistake to use the term leadership to describe these clueless fools. The essence of leadership is respect for others, particularly for those that carry the bulk of ongoing work and who also have the best ideas for moving an... — read more 

It's just downright painful to go to work these days. The waiting is really dragging everybody down. Any so called efficiency is more than shot now. Nobody's smiling, nobody's enthused, nobody cares, nobody knows if they will have a job tomorrow... — read more 

Dear Chuck and Senior Leadership Executives, might as well from Directors and up, or perhaps the entire company. Are we a Cisco family? Are we together for better or worse? Are we committed to 1 common Cisco's future? As leader of a company - since... — read more 

got the info from my friend at HR (director) - I was not LR'd but will resign soon as I have offer in hand. folks from these regions that are in GSX right now are not safe :( layoffs will start a couple of weeks after GSX depends on the local county... — read more 

I've heard that the layoffs have targeted the higher grade employees at Cisco, who are typically the oldest too. This aligns to a suggestion that Chris Dedicoat wants to reduce the average age of the Cisco sales team and that he believes younger... — read more 

Hi, does anyone know the timeline for notifications outside the US last week? I'm in UK for example & know I'm on the list ... but I don't "officially" know I'm on the list

HTTS and TAC directors are saying TAC/HTTS will "low risk and medium rewards". If you want to stay in cisco for longer time, TAC/HTTS Customer support engg is best role. Technical services has massive margin upto 80%. BU/Sales will be always be in... — read more 

Guys, I am feeling so sad today that I was asked to leave my job at Cisco . I spent so much of my time here contributing to the organization and was treated so badly.

Say... under one director - roughly how many grades 4, 6, 8, 10,11,12 and PE (g13)? From the observation around me, it looks that we we ware at about grades 4+6 - around 50%, grades 8 & 10 around 40%, TLs (11 and 12) about 9 and PE - 1%. Wonder how... — read more 

Saw the note about 1 Fellow in BXB being impacted. And it seems few groups like Cloud were just shut down so that means they would loose everyone...any knowledge about their age and years at company ?

Hi all... I was LR'd in Feb, so I understand the pain and angst everyone who was impacted last week is going thru. Pls be kind to yourself at this time. It WILL get better! Are you a S/W engineer and want to relo to St. Louis (relo $ is avail)?... — read more 

The Cisco Capital finance group were informed yesterday that their group would be hit. They're about 40 folks in Dublin, Ireland. Most likely shifting those roles to Poland.

Let's start a thread on 2017 layoffs at Cisco

Heard Australia got hit pretty hard. Sydney to be exact. Can anyone confirm? Any specific group or BU?

Under the hypothesis that group awards are effectively meaningless beyond a quick feel good and some cash.....feel free to post what awards you've received over the years. (No need to include identifying info.)

Greetings, My name is xxx and I'm an IT recruiter at yyy. Our records show that you are an experienced IT professional having experience with the skills mentioned in the Job description. This experience is relevant to one of my current openings... — read more 

So Cisco Sales team members already had flights and hotel rooms booked for GSX which is this week in Vegas! Did they still go if they got LR'd and if not who ate all the $$$ spent on non refundable flights?

Summarize what happened to your group

How do people get promoted? What is the % bump in salary?

Next round layoff will be "based on performance". And you thought the first 5k were unlucky.

Any references for good attorneys that deal well, or known to have current/past experience with Cisco related layoff issues, negotiations in San Jose HQ? This info could help people here. From bradreese's posts there was mention of one:... — read more 

Just looking at the size of folks impacted around me I think 5500 is misleading.

I've listed this from the Business Insider, added #1 for the heck of it... Frequency of posts on TheLayoff.com Increases An obvious sign: Executives confirm layoffs are coming. Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like "restructuring." Your... — read more 

Do you have any information if Boxborough was affected in the most recent round of LRs

The management and title structure in AS is a mess, especially on the larger accounts. Cisco should do away with the "Service delivery executive" title, it means absolutely nothing, and the delivery managers do the actual managing of the services... — read more