Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Mental health is not a character flaw d-mba$$

No, but trying to play the victim by pretending every small up and down in life is a life-shattering medical problem most certainly is. And then celebrating it in the most public ways possible and demanding everybody else kowtow to your delusion is narcissism.
Bad times are coming, if you cannot cope with cushy today, you'll be toast tomorrow.

@ @wrb+1t1DAhn5

“When did mental health become a thing “? The day a guy shot himself in the head on the steps of a Cisco building at RTP. That’s when.

Mental health is not a character flaw d-mba$$

@5hem+1t1DAhn5 dude is one bad day from a mass shooting

What in the bible belt, Qanon, wallmart nonsense are you talking about

@5hem+1t1DAhn5
Bro thinks the world is Kansas
Euro trash yes, we drink better beers and our president doesn't soil themselves

Too much Eurotrash on this website. Irrelevant Cisco employees living in make believe countries the US protects.

Resilience? That's now considered "ablist" according to Crip theory and MAD studies.
(Yes, they exist; they even have their own "academic journals")

@qap+1t1DAhn5 Let me get this straight, you quit six years ago, yet you are still hanging out on this board? You need some help.

@ven+1t1DAhn5
You are salty over getting down voted by strangers
Tell your boss he might give you the validation and heal the trauma this experience has caused you

Man. I make a statement that I have a supportive boss and I get 7 negative votes?

You people on this board are messed up.

You get what you deserve.

@wrb+1t1DAhn5 I agree with you
There is too much babysitting from what is an employer now days
Take responsibility, focus on the positive stop being entitled if this fails
Do what my parents did and drink yourself to death or silently build resentment

Like just about everything that attempts to portray Cisco as a company that cares for its employees, the awareness training on mental health is just lipstick on a pig.

Until senior Cisco leaders align their investments with their messaging and then organize their teams to match, the massive dysfunction within the organization will never go away. This dysfunction creates colossal strains on managers and individual contributors because they have no idea how their day-to-day work is aligned with the leadership.

Am I the only one who's sick of hearing about everyone's "mental health"?
I know I'm going to get downvoted, but here goes:
When did this become such a thing? It's as if many wear their instability like some sort of medal. If we truly care about our mental health, we're never going to get it from our employer. If your work is soooo stressful, then make a plan to go into an easier, stress-free profession. Learn to live with less money. Money doesn't mean anything if you're going to He-l every day. If you don't have the option to leave then try to focus on what's good:

• Maybe your leadership is terrible but your co-workers are great.
• You have a job when so many others are struggling to find one and might lose their house.
• Maybe your health benefits aren't that spectacular, but you have them.
• You have skills and tenure to find a job elsewhere; new grads can't even get a job at Starbuck's.

It isn't the company's job to help you with mental health (yes, I know you feel they cause it; by staying, you're willfully enabling it). Everyone's journey is unique and personal. Take responsibility for your own mental health and work with an expert you trust to improve it versus constantly complaining about how bad things are without recognizing the small victories you have every day.

I had the opposite experience. Talked with my boss about what I was feeling. Told him things needed to change in my life. He was very supportive and we worked to help the issues. I am hugely loyal for the way I was treated.

"It’s critical that leaders and directors get an extra awareness training of their actions and lack of leadership causing serious mental health issues amongst teams."

Most directors, leaders at Cisco are not managerial materials, have mental health issues and are scared to death of losing their jobs, so they mange by fear and intimidation. Their subordinates suffer and put up with shi...t. As someone said in the replies, 80% of directors and leaders are redundant.

Chucky and Fran live in a bubble. They have no clue and do not give a damn about the mental health of the employees. The mental health awareness is just a propaganda. I had an abusive manager and reported the abuse and violation of business code of conduct to HR. But HR did nothing. I was let go at the next LR. The abusive, incompetent leader is still at Cisco abusing others who are too scared to stand up for themselves for the fear of losing their jobs.

How about stop telling Wall St. the company is making good money and having your workforce work endless hours with a skeleton crew then turn around and lay off thousands. Cisco did not over hire during c Ovid. Just evil.

It is why I quit 6 years ago. Nobody cared. They were ready to pile drive me into the earth to the core.

Life has been great since quitting.

It’s critical that leaders and directors get an extra awareness training of their actions and lack of leadership causing serious mental health issues amongst teams. Just sending folks to a mental health meeting doesn’t cut it, it’s a very serious issue at Cisco, not to be taken lightly. Why pay these leaders so much more when all they do is protect themselves and target LRs as a way to fix problems. Up to 80% of directors can be cut and that alone will lower mental health issues.