If affected by LR but get hired at a new job before the 11/15 date- can I still get paid through 11/15 with Cisco ?

Did they announce hybrid work during the Cisco beat? I had to step out, but when I came back I saw talk in the chat about hybrid work and Fran stating the benefits of it. Is hybrid going to be for certain roles only, or expanded to everyone?

These are the teams that staffed projects for the Professional Services Delivery Engineers. Projects are getting impacted, milestones delayed and rev rec delayed, customers are pi---d No plan B in place so hundreds of Resource Requests for projects... — read more 

Cisco Is Too Late To Become A Big AI Winner https://seekingalpha.com/article/4724424-cisco-is-too-late-to-become-a-big-ai-winner

Today at Cisco Beat, G said the 3 others (we all know who they are) where out with customers…. Why are they so coward? They can do LR´s but not face it in front of the ones left? Do they think we are st..pid and believe what they tell us? If they... — read more 

The big issue with Cisco is its lack of transparency. Yes, the company announced layoffs in advance but then kept everything else under wraps. It boils down to management not trusting us and loving to keep us in the dark. This is not how you empower... — read more 

And we are expected to pick it up. I’m not doing it. If there is more work than people, then they shouldn’t have laid the people off.

Chuck, Scott, and G2 aren’t even on it. They are “on the road with customers”. Un-freaking-believable.

Met some people at management level last week here. Consensus is 15% to 35% cut. Nit sure which end of that range is closer to truth. Another couple of weeks and we’ll know. Reached out to someone who used to work here but left couple of years ago... — read more 

Our global team of 14 answers a mail box where we get max 25 emails a day. I personally answer 2-3 emails a day and only clock about a hours worth of work a day. Most of our team is on over 6 figures also. Not sure how we got missed.

Though it is a balance between OPEX and CAPEX to cut the cost and make street happy. The primary reason is wherever there is a filth red badge, the blue badges don't work and they take it granted which leads to such situation. Take for example the... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4f4THr0KA

Not a long timer so no idea where this falls ?

I have pile of work assigned. Need to spend time to prepare and get the fu-k out.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/26/73percent-of-amazon-workers-considering-quitting-after-5-day-rto-mandate.html

Any reason this couldn’t have been built in US? www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKn0vS46IOI

Cisco used to have a prestigious reputation, but now it feels like a company that's eating itself alive. There's way too much process and all the room for individualism or innovation that once made this place great has been removed. I don't know... — read more 

Intersting: https://youtu.be/uOIPmQrrgnQ?si=zA_ZOVubL5_Ppro_

The economy seems to have taken a big downturn since original LRs were announced. Should we expect more LRs coming?

I got an AI security (cloud, b2b) job with a competitor (that actually does AI). They want me to start as soon as possible. I'm holding out until the November RSU's clear, and the background check at my new job clears so that there are zero... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-technical-skills-important-leadership-management-2024-9 I am trying to think of the top most leader with any tech background? CR, LC, FK, JP, MP, etc. some SW a little bit, but who am I missing??

Talking about AI???? and referring to United Nations General Assembly in NYC. BTW, why is she trying to be so cute when she is talking? Why making her voice so ... you know what! She should focus on leading HR rather than showing off on behalf of... — read more 

For folks impacted by LR? Is there a standard process for work transition? Is the expectation to do it once? I keep getting several messages literally everyday with questions on how to do basic stuff . This is after shadowing me for months before... — read more 

Any update on this? Saw the emails from SW. I was on maternity leave and deliberately stayed away from the stress filled flow of news. Really sorry for everyone who got affected. Is there any indicator that anyone is aware of regarding target BUs... — read more 

For employees impacted by the LR, when will the credit for unused PTo show up in Pay stubs? Is ESPP contribution amount returned along with severance amount ?

It’s quite astonishing to see how managers at Cisco – primarily from Senior Director level and up – effortlessly secure full-time positions and internships for their children and other family members.. and also they publish it shameless on LinkedIn... — read more 

Stop with the depression talk. At worst it’s the 1970s with a decade of stagflation, but inot a depression.

I noticed that I have to sign into DUO before I can see open internal reqs, and that I'm restricted from clicking on some 'internal req' links. Are folks who were LR'd being excluded from viewing all available internal reqs?

These two statements around the unvested shares due to vest before December are contradictory, no? If terminating early, do you still get accelerated unvested shares up until December or do you give this up by terminating early? Assuming your... — read more 

Including a sea of DEs, PEs, PAs etc

exploring other options outside Cisco, but have a solid tenure that's tough to walk away from. If I get an offer from a competitor, what's the Cisco approach to counter-offers? Never? Only to high performers, etc? Curious

In past few cycles I remember promos/merit being given at same time as bonus but this doesn't seem to be case anymore... wondering if they're waiting because we've just had layoffs? Does anyone know when we'll get news?

Too much grapevine talk for this to be BS. Cisco appears to have incorrectly over-stated its recurring revenue projection. By a lot. Hence we missed FY24 target and voila! low CPF and low bonus. Seems Sales has (had?) a habit of giving away... — read more 

Now we are expected to compensate for the people who were laid off. I’m not doing it.

Many guys said they did same performance but got lower IPF than previous year, which makes they feel unfair and unhappy. Someone commented the lower IPF is normal because of lower bonus budget. How does that comment make sense? The company factor... — read more 

Understand, when your Cisco Boss asks you to put together and send him 1 slide describing some idea you have...his intention is to present it as his own idea to his leadership. He gets a promotion for being "innovative" and you get moved to the... — read more 

It makes me wonder when the people in charge will realize that chasing profit at any cost (which is in most cases loss of valuable employees) is just a recipe for disaster. In the end, this approach can destroy the company, leaving everyone, even... — read more 

Red badges were suppose to be axed in Q4 but in Q1 more blue badges axed than red. Looks like red badge is back on board. Supply chain, CCW and other engineering have hundreds of red badges. Don't know what is cost cutting

Hope my director and manager happy now. Their politics won. I wish them same situation square what they did it to me.

Cisco at least needs to be legit in the IPF to recognize years of work. Anyway, they decided to LR, but at least be transparent about IPF. They Give RSU for 3 years first, then give LR package, on the side they get back the RSU's at exit which is... — read more