What on earth is going on with this new thought that everyone has to now partner with everyone else, partner with colleagues, their own team members, partner across teams, own areas and partner with similar areas across multiple teams and think... — read more 

Here comes more bloat and more LRs at CISCO

Well, what are people hearing how the year ended?

This doesn’t apply to any other BUs but confirmed no LRs in August for Wireless. Holding on to Wi-Fi 8 and MCG for dear life. The AI stuff is just window dressing but it opens doors so they will keep at it. Lotsa openings in India, but hiring there... — read more 

The good news is that "Team space" has been decommissioned. The bad news is that it has been replaced by an upgraded version: performance. Over the years, Cisco has remained obsessed with these pointless games. Put simply, there are just too many... — read more 

I keep asking myself if I actually like this job anymore. The answer keeps changing and not in a good direction. The work itself is fine, but everything around it is draining. I can't remember the last time I felt excited to start the day.

I am curious about was the LR and pressure is in this sub org on sbg

86,000 — So many people at top who don’t understand a thing about what Cisco sells What’s ELT doing about the useless fat layer ??????

Need to know the next rounds of LRs so I can get a package and get the fu-k out of this shithole excuse of a company

I recently heard an unconfirmed rumor that an Early Retirement Package may be under consideration. Has anyone else heard anything similar? If so, have you heard any details or possible timing? Just curious if anyone has additional information.

Has destroyed my will to work anymore. This place is a he-l hole that will not get better until CR is fired and his entire ELT. This latest round is the d-mbest sh-t they have exposed us to.

Has there been any news on August layoffs?

My team and I have covered security for years I understand from Monday we now cover evertything 0 training 0 understanding I hear it is the same for collaboration too Wtf is going on

Did you know Arista is half the market cap of Cisco and only has 5100 employees compared to 86,000 employees at Cisco?

https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/the-traitorous-eight-tech-ceos-h1b

I asked my director about project priorities and he said he'd check with his boss. Three days later, still no answer. It's managers all the way down, and nobody at the top knows anything either.

That is all

I know five people who quit in the past two years, two already reapplied. The startup culture was too chaotic and the consulting firm was 80-hour weeks. I'm not saying this place is great, I'm not delusional, but at least I've learned to appreciate... — read more 

I'm not sure of the exact timing, but I am sure that there will be several more layoffs before the year is over. It's just a matter of when.

Whats new or different on your review and goals being stressed? Im assuming when mine comes it will be more hyperventilating about using AI and being pushed in thinking of new ways to use AI or commit to taking some type of AI training or... — read more 

OpenAI has admitted that their models made an unprecedented, spontaneous attack on Hugging Face after escaping their sandbox security: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ek3gvdnj3o Here comes: 1) beginning of AI bubble burst 2) T2: Judgement Day... — read more 

That means a huge LR

When will portfolio SEs be pooled resources and not be involved with initial discovery calls? Just goes to show you how Cisco values SEs.

The smartest thing anyone can do right now is spend their spare time looking for a new job. The people who don't are going to be caught off guard when things get even worse.

Rumor has it that Kamal & Mange are out early August

Are SEs going to become AEs and AEs will become LRed? Seems that way to me with the direction of tech. Teachings sales to engineers is easier than teaching engineering to sales ppl. With agents, I see a push to consolidate this to a single role. ... — read more 

I happen to be having a great year in sales and may finish FY26 at 350+%. Can Cisco legally re-goal me in order to reduce the commissions paid out to me? If so, can this be successfully fought through legal means? I live in NY State.

We have lost market share for years so now LFG has been rolled out moving many specialists to the portfolio teams. Are they replacing the failed portfolio sales and engineering leadership at all levels that are responsible for this.

We have people carrying the team while others do almost nothing. Why don't the layoffs ever target the right people?

Recent acquisitions over last 5 years that haven’t worked out and why? Go

I can't help but wonder what most of the people in management positions actually do. They check in, they attend meetings, they send emails... What else? What do they actually produce? What value do they add? We have so many unnecessary layers that... — read more 

Others seeing this already... Managers running scared schmuck. There time has finally come to learn technology or retire.

Any idea?

Upcoming role changes and AI agents (which seem promising so far), including mandatory check-ins, are all on the horizon. What's everyone's consensus on this? 🤔

Announced in May of this year. Has it been completed by now?

Are SEs being "pooled"? I don't think I will have the same success if SEs are pooled and not 1:1 with us.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-openai-bubble/#the-ai-bubble-is-an-openai-bubble-%E2%80%94-to-a-mortal-end

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