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 

Got 1.45, this seems low to me

Have been aggressively looking since July. no real jobs out there. Not sure what tge strategy is behind the fake job posting ms, anyone know?

Now, I’ve got a job at a company that’s growing like crazy, leading the way in its field, and super innovative. Employees can actually speak up without worrying about getting on some political senior director’s layoff list. I’m getting stock that’s... — read more 

I had major surgery in July and I’ve never been on any leave at Cisco before. I’m just wondering if I’m bonus eligible. I’m not supposed to reach out to my manager while on leave otherwise I would ask him. If you have any knowledge of how this works... — read more 

Frankly, I don’t even know how to feel about it. I was almost hoping to be let go, yet I’m glad I’m staying for now because the job market is cr-p. Talk of the week is that the recession is not coming and the job market is expected to recover next... — read more 

Figured out pretty quickly that my manager is probably just being lazy. Entire team received the same exact IPF. No incentive to go above and beyond anymore at Cisco. Who is going to try given the LR climate at Cisco? There is no reason anymore. ... — read more 

Damn, company performance was so awful it's half of what it was last year. Total comp is circling the drain, lots of vacation, inflation, costs of everything going up. Does anyone smell boiling frogs?

I am on medical leave started in July last week and I recently learned my whole team starting from directors to our left-right all the teams are LRd. Do you think HR will let me know on first day of joining that i am also LRd? Or would I be safe?

Anyone else feeling it this week?

It’s been made clear to me that there will be no budget to convert contractors in the foreseeable future. Years. I jumped at this job to get their name on my resume, actually ended up loving it, but am now disappointed to know I might never earn... — read more 

Considering how many older employees have been shown the door in the last few years with no end in sight, I think we're at the point where we'd have better luck finding a needle in a haystack than successfully retiring from this place. That's where... — read more 

I work in Canada and we are floundering. No one in the Can Gov wants to buy Cisco products anymore because of the newspaper articles and we are way behind on our number. The days of selling to the Canadian Government at basically “List Price” are... — read more 

Is it required to attend weekly meetings after I was deemed redundant ?

WTF? Trevor Noah is keynote at WebEx One this year at the Diplomat Beach Resort. CMO, SVP, CHIEF Customer Officer AR is a joke. Cisco execs are so thirsty it is insane! Remember Oprah!

What’s the IPF for employees impacted by LR.

115% for me. Lowest in 4 years.

I've heard if someone puts in their 2 weeks to go work for a competitor, then Cisco will have them leave immediately, but still pay them the 2 week notice. Does Cisco ask for proof of anything, like offer letter? Asking for a friend.

Im still very much driving business and planning to retire next year. Looking for advice on how to volunteer for a layoff package and what a sales layoff package looks like in terms of base vs total target cash and unvested rsu's.

Are we in agreement that there'll be no more cuts before next year?

Cisco is nothing more than a Hire and Fire Company. There was serious layoff in our team and we hired 2-3 people at the same time in exchange. Worst , they joined only 1 week after the LR were released. This is sickening.

He keeps positing philosophical cr-p about managing teams, being a great product leader etc Rather him actually understand the tech and talk about customers vs BS theories and advice Embarrassing to be part of Cisco, will leave ASAP

Nor do I think leadership actually wants it to recover. It's all about numbers for as long as it lasts. Morale is very low, teams are gutted, management is not coping well with reorganization. Most people are just going through the motions, the... — read more 

Should be illegal!

What a business genius. Rather than innovate, you simply buy other companies and then fire people. Anyone with half a brain can execute this plan. And in the middle of firing thousands of people -- which in and of itself is an indication that you... — read more 

I was one of the better Modem engineers. My friend was the best in the industry. He contributed some of the specifications we know today. As modem technology started to decline, I moved on and reinvented myself in the next growing area. My friend-... — read more 

My performance rating before last week was 118%, but all LR’d in my org were reset to 100%, so clearly not based on my performance! I am a 25yr vet who has Always been above 100%. And for all those years? My years of service calculates to well less... — read more 

So now they have loaded the unlimited PTO. It’s about to really change now.

People in my group are doing tge absolute bare minimum. one person even went on medical leave to stall the LR. I can’t function like this and am wired to do things at 200% all the time. am I wrong?

It is so visible that no one in my team is working. Everyone is mostly on DND and do not respond to messages. Never seen such a culture in Cisco. 3 people in team impacted. Workload is increasing and bonus was a joke

What’s the UK package like? What was it like last time?

It's pretty disturbing to see Cisco handling layoffs like this. We just lost two incredibly talented SEs, both of whom had outstanding performance reviews. The way all this went down really doesn't sit right with me. It's hard to believe that people... — read more 

If I get a job outside of Cisco before Nov 15, will I loose severance ?

I’m not taking over any workload that’s not strictly mine. I don’t care that there’s not enough people and that managers have a hard time organizing gutted teams. Not my problem. I also don’t want to hear about productivity, morale and, god forbid... — read more 

Do you folks have any insight about how many people laid off in their 50s still have a mortgage? I see about 50/50 in the group I work in but curious how people in their 50s handle layoffs when they have a mortgage and no income.

Wow 😮 cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/mitigating-dprk-it-worker-threat

If you start a new job before November 15th?