What's happening to Cisco is nothing new and likely the same behavior within any large corporation. Regardless if you're a For-Profit, Non-Profit or Not-for-Profit company, greed (and sometimes power) will always be the #1 objective. If you have to... — read more 

The issue I have with Cisco is how they claim to be so ethical. However in one quite well known case an exec had a complaint raised against him. Cisco have a no revenge policy but the person who made the complaint was LR’d. Turned out the exec had... — read more 

Psychiatric Issues and Cisco. Sorry for my poor English. I am a former employee of Cisco Spain (Europe). I started working at Cisco in 1996 and was let go in 2023. Reasons? I don't know. But that's not the point. The issue is the mental health of... — read more 

I’m amazed at how many people who were LR’ed are blaming DEI or think they’re targeted for being a white guy. Seriously you think any company really cares or is really doing anything to help DEI effectively? Stop the whining. Reality is we have laws... — read more 

We frequently fire employees and create toxic environment

Crazy and toxic atmosphere in teams

Constant fear of LR s is making the teams so toxic.

Mostly everyone wants to relax for 6 months and leave with lots of cash

No work and mostly everything moved to India just some left overs. One year down the line no work

Total package: 450k

Software engineers currently navigating the job market, could you provide insights into the current employment landscape? How challenging is it to secure a position in the software industry at this time?

It’s one of the costly mistakes Cisco will remember for ages

Question for everyone. I just started back at Cisco again a few months ago and a role opened up that is a grade higher than mine. Am I allowed to move roles before a year is up? I’ve heard yes and no

I haven’t found anything after one year. I hear the average time for finding a new job after layoff is 6 months but I am doubtful. Me: 52 y/o male, 27 yrs in tech mostly on the software side with about 2 y sys admin back in the day when that was a... — read more 

Next big announcement as per J2. We will soon be unstoppable!!!

Chuck playing footsie with Splunk CEO Jeff saying some incomprehensible hogwash Liz talking about how great AppD is Jonathan covering up Jeetu WebEx failure Jeetu saying his usual contentless word salad about things he obviously doesn’t... — read more 

I am seeing lots of opening for Solution Engineers... Is this a new role within Cisco??

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/former-cisco-ceo-john-chambers-i-believe-hpe-will-become-a-top-ai-leader

Mark this on your calendar

How does this impact other NPM and APM solutions Cisco has absorbed prior? (AppDynamics, ThousandEyes).

Well I guess it’s too late. That $28b could have been used to fix our networking business, but instead it was flushed down the toilet.

I'm just fed up with feeling like no matter how much effort I put in, it's never good enough for my manager. It's exhausting. I've reached a point where I'm thinking, why bother even trying anymore? It's not like my work isn't good, it is. Everybody... — read more 

I read here over and over that some folks come back as contractors. Why? RSUs are a big junk of my blue-badge salary. Contractors don't get that. Why would I come back to the company that laid me off ... unless there is a huge financial... — read more 

GR12 here and willing to take a pay cut to GR8 to keep working for the next 5yrs. Over 50 w/male, so once I'm they chop me, my prospects of finding a similar role are slim. I don't want to work at walmart/home depot or other menial jobs. Will Cisco... — read more 

When I went back at 2/16/2024 my dear Cisco locked all of the doors ....

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/03/15/laid-off-techies-struggle-to-find-jobs-with-cuts-at-highest-since-2001.html

All while thousands of high performers with no arrest records are being laid off. Make that make sense. And his arrest mugshot is public.

think about it. Innovation Vacuum - Product Silos - (ELT problem - start with JD) Technical Sales overlay functions (SE,TSA,PSS etc..), each one compensated for selling product in silos, and there is army of people (P-M..) - again sales ELT... — read more 

Reading these posts of recent. Wow. Semi-retired; being asked to interview for contractor TAC gig in UCS. Old TAC from 2000s. Is it even worth considering? Looks miserable over there. Is it worth even contracting these days @ Cisco. Tell me... — read more 

Be prepared

Since Splunk deal is through so expect 10k more layoffs

First four of the SalesForce Mafia leaders taken out of their Transformation roles at CX abruptly. Is this change in people or change in strategy? Hoping the new leader listens to layers that are atleast 3-4 levels deep to get the real pulse... — read more 

Just a quick 7 min webex and a very long career is over. Even after serving my entire career, running a very large team, building software, minting $100+ Million in YOY revenue. Stuck with legacy technology knowledge no one wants in other companies... — read more 

Are team space tips picked by your manager or autogenerated? They give you the illusion they are automatic (generic message, sent same time weekly) but the content is very on point based on the last interaction with the manager.

One of my managers constantly wants to block me from using benefits the way the company lays them out in policy, and spends significant amounts of time to document things against me or just other stupid sh-t that has no value for the customer. I’m a... — read more 

Liz, CX EVP, just confirmed on her first communication to employees - she is data dependent and will soon decide 2025 budget - based on data and guts. She will soon identify multiple layers of management contributing nothing, but making a huge dent... — read more 

NVDA has its own technologies, Original founder has been running for this company, JenSen Huang is longest tech CEO in the market. Cisco does not have its own technologies rely on buying technologies from other companies to sustain, once you're... — read more 

We were king once, never again, sigh https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/nvidia-plummets-to-levels-not-seen-since-earlier-this-week-20240309-p5fb27 It pointed to Cisco as a warning for Nvidia investors. “Cisco was the world’s most valuable... — read more