Does anyone know if the rewards cycle at the SBG level are going to be total garbage again this year? Of course my manager doesn’t have any information, and I’m bailing if it’s going to be more of the same. Our team has been really slammed shipping... — read more 

Your hard earned overtime pay will be less taxed!

I recently picked up bowling and joined a league. But my manager loses it if I miss his calls after work hours. I’m not on call, not getting paid, but somehow still “expected to help” because I’m the team's youngest. He hinted I should only bowl on... — read more 

How worried should I be about this week and the rest of the month?

Cisco systems is a criminal corrupt corporation stealing intellectual property from former employees.

Recent acquisition of HPE and Juniper is an example of good meets best. in cisco’s case it will be very easy. cut out the middle managament and execs and tons of BUs. you will be left with hardware that will need software fixing and turning the... — read more 

Emea all hands  Takes responsibility for the Gartner issue However clearly blamed Gartner  You are in the ELT failing to engage gartner and the model in which they operate is crazy. blaming Gartner for a slip in market perception or execution is... — read more 

Basically the title. No way in he-l cisco is doing better then microsoft. I smell a huuuuge layoff in the works. Everywhere you look its the same story. Brace for impact

Management expects you to be top-tier at everything while they can’t even do the basics of their own job. And when internal positions open up (at least in my area) they won’t even consider the people already here doing the work. It’s like they’d... — read more 

Every where Cisco folks are announcing retirements including posting on LinkedIn. Was there an early retirement package offered or these folks forced out with little or no money? Or this the new ELT strategy on older employees being PIPed? Share if... — read more 

FYI

Keep your people happy because the freeze is coming.

Due to Cisco no longer being a leader in Wired / Wireless, there will be an immediate trickle down effect that will result in LRs for portfolio AMs and SEs for the new FY. US Commercial will be hit hardest.

PIPS INSTEAD! YOU GET A PIP! AND YOU GET A PIP! WE ALL GET PIPS! Curious to know how many are in the same boat currently at Cisco.

Nothing on Collab at Cisco Live. We were the darling a few years ago. Stock is at all time high. Should I still be worried?

I ask because I see a lot of people praising Cisco which I assume comes from the San Jose Office and wanted to get an idea if leaving is an option for me. They have managers that are supportive, but I don't get that. Stay and get lead title or... — read more 

Chinese State Hackers Exploit Cisco Flaw to Breach Telecom Firm - The recent breach of a major Canadian telecom firm by China-linked Salt Typhoon underscores an escalating risk that every enterprise leader should track closely. This attack exploited... — read more 

Cisco CX has too many-many of these non-contributing roles: Customer Delivery Executive CSE Customer Delivery Manager CDM Customer Success Manager CSM Customer Success Specialist CSS And... — read more 

Cisco, like all the tech giants, has dived headlong into DEI. However, these efforts - though well-intentioned - are overwhelmingly centered around the American experience of race - namely the black–white historical divide. This narrow focus has led... — read more 

another day another dollar for anything but cisco. this is cisco’s bread and butter but they have failed yet again. the stock pushes up because of buzzwords by bs executives push out. only a matter of time before the house of cards crash

I used to work for Cisco Jasper, I had a colleague Torrey. At the time, I was very worried about losing my job, I talked to Torrey about my concern, he told me during the 2008, he was also worrying very much. But later he realized that if bad thing... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/career/i-m-a-microsoft-employee-witnessing-the-great-flattening-so-far-the-middle-manager-squeeze-has-been-a-career-opportunity-for-me/ar-AA1HnnMs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=59f68eda52154808b142a6b4097b2188&ei=55 When... — read more 

Per inside source!

My manager is Indian, my skip? Indian, my skip's manager? you guessed it, Also Indian. My team? half of it is in India, and the other half? Indian team mates, except for some hiring errors I guess. I am not racist, but man do I miss the times when... — read more 

Per the job chick: “ Major UPDATE: Microsoft's 7-8K+ layoffs are coming into focus. Managers are being briefed June 26-27. Layoff comms expected July 2-4. Internal calls have confirmed it: MCAPS is getting hit pretty darn hard. The message?... — read more 

https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/06/23/nvidia-passes-cisco-and-rivals-arista-in-datacenter-ethernet-sales/

It appears jobs numbers like "139,000 jobs were added in May 2025" are based on seasonally adjusted numbers. I just caught a YouTube video saying we lost 623,000 full time jobs so I looked it up: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12500000 Sure... — read more 

I bought the whole industry leader and whatnot spiel. Thought I was stepping into a place with vision, innovation, and stability. What I got instead was politics, endless restructuring, and a leadership team that seems more concerned with optics than... — read more 

It's usually September but someone mentioned August. What have you heard?

Transferred to a new manager recently, whom I literally cannot communicate with like a normal person. He thinks he is so intelligent, but has trouble speaking English clearly. Moreover, most of his feedback and work requests are verbal only. ... — read more 

How much do we think Cisco paid Fast Company for this puff piece? https://www.fastcompany.com/91354555/how-cisco-has-been-quietly-retooling-for-the-ai-revolution Nice try Choco (Caught) Robbin and Peedoo Pedal.

Can’t be M.P right?!? What’s his qualifications again?

Microsoft is planning thousands more job cuts — targeting sales roles lmao They're planning to basically replace them with AI. Can't wait for our AI Salesrobots lmao Full Bloomberg article here:... — read more 

This is a short titled "AI Customer Support" about companies realizing after trying to replace customer support with AI that it can't do the job: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xV5IaJU5DL0

FK it guys. How long should we be scared of this sh¡t and for what ? Worse case, you go back to your home country. Do that for your own good, and you will be forever happy. And sooner or later, mass layoffs going to hit the tech industry. Don’t... — read more 

Cisco Vet: The culture and organization at Cisco are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. New Hire: I could never get like that. Cisco Vet: Oh yeah? Say... — read more 

Ofcourse AI will be the culprit 🪓

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/microsoft-planning-thousands-job-cuts-aimed-salespeople-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-06-18/ Microsoft doing sales targeted layoff. Cisco will also follow suit. Discussions are being had right now: reorg... — read more 

Portfolio VOO - $40000 401k - $55000 Cisco ESPP - $23000 High yield saving account- $42000 Robinhood gold savings - $41000 Savings- $23000 is it too safe ? any other etf/ index fund recommendation?

On top of that: There won't be any TAC enginner req from US to support AMER customers. All newhires will be coming from MX (to save 1/3 of $$), so if you're planning to leave and come back with a big pay unlucky you.