https://insider.govtech.com/california/news/jury-finds-discrimination-in-h-1b-visa-tech-worker-case

I'll never understand why Cisco was so willing to let go of some of the company's top talent. I understand wanting to save money, but the institutional knowledge we lost with them being kicked out is going to cost us much, much more in the long run... — read more 

Who will be our next CEO? It was supposed to be GS since he sliced and diced Splunk and got us to pay far too much for it. But now that he’s in Cisco it’s clear he’s just kind of a doof. Maybe Fran?

All these all hands getting scheduled right before the cisco beat. Is Scott doing a 5 day RTO? Announcing a finance only second reorg?

My heart goes out to those recently laid off, or now looking for a transition due to the scare. We've all been there before, keep your head up the best new home for you is out there. I wanted to mention something that often gets overlooked during... — read more 

I started medical LOA 2 wks leave prior to the LR announcement. Months earlier I had made in clear to my sr leader that I'd by happy to be LR'd; so I have a high degree of confidence that when I return from LOA I will be notified I am LR'd. A Sr... — read more 

Looking at internal reqs and immediately rejected. Are LR’d folks immediately flagged as do NOT rehire?

Question to those who have quit on their own, do purchased devices have to be returned (laptop and cell phone is clear) but what about internally purchased monitor, headphones, etc.?

Crumbling the multi layers of un-productive and useless hierarchy amongst management. This will increase efficiency and remove barriers to innovation. Cisco will then be Engineers and products led company. Tough change but that’s the only way out... — read more 

If you are stressed out, and feeling like you have some type of mid-life or mental health issue during your tenure at Cisco; it is not you. It is the system. If you are feeling ongoingly terrible, can't sleep, are irritable to your family, and... — read more 

Cisco laid off so many support team and now our field sales workload is like crazy. Why they don't let go some useless directors who literally can create 10 head count for these useful people?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeetupatel_every-so-often-if-luck-is-on-your-side-you-activity-7192936026279931904-HiDf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop the greatest invention since slice bread?

Brutal cuts signal end of management era. That is what Cisco should do.

Keep your skills updated. Find the time to do it. After being laid off by Cisco, I struggled to land a similar role. I didn't realize how outdated my skills were until I started interviewing. At Cisco, I was in a centralized organization with... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/cisco-to-consolidate-bay-area-offices-shifting-employees-to-splunk-office

https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/cisco-will-consider-india-for-fabless-semicon-ceo-chuck-robbins-2/118598

Should companies that move American jobs to India be allowed to get US Government Contracts funded by the American tax payers? Seems like a National Security risk in terms of transferring technology knowledge to foreign governments. It's also a US... — read more 

Everyone I'm close to got a lower IPF this time. It's save to assume that less money was available for bonuses (and that despite a super low CPF). I hope managers will get the usual amount of RSUs for distribution among team members. Same with... — read more 

I’ve only been on board 10 months as a G11 and was not read-in on anything to do with an IPF or how it works. Mgr discussed me getting the 61% at the end of the year when I wasn’t eligible for the 25% but NEVER mentions I wasn’t getting an EOY bonus... — read more 

This time is different. Cisco has forever damaged their credibility in the eyes of current and future employees with their LR cadence. I have spoken to individual contributors, first line managers, senior managers, business development, partner... — read more 

We might get a break here and there, but we are now at the point of no return. Layoffs will never fully stop. They have become synonymous with the Cisco way. It is just who we are now, sadly.

I read it is 4.5% base, If someone's base is $300k, will cisco match $13.5k per year.

Tell me your thoughts.

NVidia is riding the AI bubble. Jensen is correct that NVidia wont suffer the same fate as Cisco. It will be far worse. Sorry fan boys.

NVIDIA Spectrum-X : Ethernet on steroids for cloud AI aka: Cisco Crusher "Nvidia Hires Top Cisco Inventor for Ultra Ethernet Networking" "Nvidia joins Ultra Ethernet Consortium" A fully standards-based Ethernet with support for open Ethernet... — read more 

Clam down, I’m only joking.

Got a very senior job with a competitor. Planning to give my notice in 8 weeks. Is it OK to tell me boss my plans so they can give my stock bonus to the rest of the team? It would be a fair bit of money since we are one G12 and a ton of G8s.

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/nvidia-hires-lead-cisco-inventor-amid-big-networking-sales-push

AI = LLM LLM = hallucinations, model collapse, extraordinary energy consumption (Training and Inference), regulatory risk, copyright risk, legal risk, societal pushback. the amount of money invested vs the actual predicted potential return is... — read more 

.... we are really sorry but this is a tech company and you su-k! You simply don't have the right skills. So get with the program - or else." Never mind that our failed CX strategy around MM and her cronies caused the "support overhead", and never... — read more 

As an old software engineer with 20 years of experience at Cisco, never login leetcode website before, will definitely get zero score when the young interviewers show the leetcode questions…

What happens to funds contributed to FSA, if last day of employment is 11/15. Will I loose amount contributed for last 1.5 months, since there is no more pay check?

Is AppD finished? $3.7B gone / spoof? Where is the accountability? Where is Chuck / Ronak / Liz?

Economist predicts economic collapse as AI Revolution is mostly smoke and mirrors: finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-only-5-jobs-says-130000997.html?Ponzi+Scheme

Cisco used to be a solid, predictable job in a legacy IT company. Cisco used to be in the news regularly as an economic bellweather. Cisco used to occupy part of the top 5 in several categories. Now, Cisco is almost never mentioned in economic... — read more 

Yes, layoffs might be done, but we all know it's just for now. Job security doesn't exist anymore at Cisco. The best way to create your own job security is to keep looking for better options outside of this place. I haven't stopped applying and I... — read more 

One ruined Cisco with terrible AI strategy and Splunk and in progress to sc--w up CX Other just covers up and talks around the truth

As long as Cisco continues treating employees as an expense instead of a valuable asset, this will not be a good place to work. The moment the focus shifted to cutting costs through layoffs instead of investing in the workforce to ensure better... — read more