Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Oh yeah they do smile when the script is being read . Like the best day of their entire miserable life. No one gives a damn about performance it’s all about licking boots to keep the job. People even accept roles 2 to 3 level below their level to keep jobs .

Everyone I know who has been LR'd always ended up happier in life.
Nobody ever spends years thinking to themselves, "If only I hadn't been LR'd, my life could have been so much better".

It's a tough job market out there right now. Take some time off, taper down expenses, continue to learn marketable skills for your career. Everything will eventually work itself out.

@eh Seriously? JFC. No wonder people hate managers around here. The only part of the script that should be read is the part that's required to be read. The rest of it is should be covering what needs to be covered, but there is no reason the entire - or even a majority - of the call should be a manager reading a script.

He-l, I even tell them to bear with me because there's a part of this that I have to read verbatim before I read it to them. The rest of the call (before and after the mandatory part) is me answering whatever questions I can and being a human who has capacity for empathy.

Before I read the script, I smile. After finishing reading it to the impacted employee, my face is neutral, calm and collected. Meeting lasts 2 minutes max.

Amazing looking at the response from the folks who think the person they fire are at their own fault all over again. I guarantee you 90% of people this time was let go has no performance issues, same could be said for the last rounds of layoff. I have seen "X" performance people being let go for no reason. and that is not statistically low, I bet it is higher percentage.. simply because you been here at wrong time at wrong level and talking to the wrong VP.

wake up! performance has nothing to do with layoffs, time again and again!

all of you firing people are part of the machine!

@OP - Your biased post is strictly based on your opinion and/or personal experience. Having been behind the scenes during an LR, I can assure you that not all managers feel the way you depict. Reading that script prepared by HR to impacted employees is not an easy or happy task. Take your bitterness elsewhere.

It’s incredibly difficult to fire people at Cisco. It generally requires 2 bad performance reviews followed by a PIP before it’s an option. That’s a long time to deal with a poor employee who is dragging the team down. So, yeah, they’re thankful for the opportunity to get rid of a sh-t worker even if they feel bad for the person.

@OP absolutely, when I fire you, I am really happy.