Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

mass layoffs just after soaring revenue report

In a Thursday interview with CNBC on the same day of the report, CEO Chuck Robbins addressed AI technology in the company’s workforce.

“I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now. I don’t want to get rid of engineers,” Robbins said. “I just want our engineers we have today to innovate faster and be more productive and that gives us a competitive advantage.”

Robbins said if AI keeps advancing at Cisco, the company could possibly hire fewer employees. Cisco did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment on the latest round of layoffs.

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bay-area-tech-titan-announces-layoffs-strong-20826542.php

#AI #Layoffs #AILayoffs #Revenue
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@s4 Explain to me what law Cisco ran afoul of?

I'll wait.

by Anonymous
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@ca no, you are absolutely wrong, you can not say I have announced a plan to run headcount cut a few years ago, so I don’t need to announce each time after that, you believe you are smart to bypass embarrassment? No way, you will have trouble and see you court.

by Anonymous
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@cj majority of employees in that building are software engineers, many Indians, hard hit by the layoff last week.

by Anonymous
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560 McCarthy Blvd = Building 23 of SJ/Milpitas campus.

Which BUs are in Bld 23?

by cisco geek
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Cisco being called a “tech titan” is great stuff.

by Pure3!
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@bj If you had bothered to read the earnings report, your questions would be answered.

I'm no fan of Chuck and Cisco's direction, but the fact is the previous LR was something that was taking place over multiple quarters.

Go back and read the earnings statement where the LR was announced and read the current one and then get back to me.

by Anonymous
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Your definition of mass layoffs and others may be slightly different

by Anonymous
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@bg so what? Why you say and how you know they haven't executed?

by Anonymous
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@aa 560 McCarthy Blvd = Building 23 of SJ/Milpitas campus.

by Anonymous
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@aa These layoffs were already announced in the previous LR WARN announcement. They just hadn't been executed yet.

by Anonymous
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CR and G2 think they are winning. Poor comp for employees and constant layoff anxiety but still we show up. But they aren't winning because that is all we are doing, showing up.

Don't worry about my review CR, I have already given myself an implicit raise by working even less than I did before.

by Anonymous
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Love watching Caught Robbin work and lead from the front! Such a fearless leader!

by P3!
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Employees were notified of the layoffs on Aug. 14 and their terminations will be effective Oct. 13. The most cuts, affecting 157 jobs, largely in software engineering roles, were at Cisco’s Milpitas office at 560 McCarthy Blvd. Cisco’s San Francisco office at 500 Terry A. Francois Blvd. will cut 64 positions, according to the filing.
So, he lied.

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no reply.... does not fit narrative... all is well.... AI is what we do... Oh, did I mention AI?.... we sell a few switches at steep discounts to saudi's... oh wait, I mean all is well.... AI is good. We control all your base.

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