Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

Would they lay off finance and accounting functions?

A undisclosed cybersecurity company, most people were laid off 2-3 years after the acquisition.

I was part of the tandberg Aquisition & what a royal F**k up that was!! I'd say we got 12 to 18 months before the axe started swinging. Cisco don't buy companies to integrate them, they buy them for their IP and to take out any competitive threat.

OpenDNS just like NDS will go down as yet another big acquisition that didn't pan out.

IF the exec is faced with resorting to doing layoffs to save their business, why aren't they sacked as well? Obviously, they didn't lead and set directly correctly thereby resulting in risking the livelihoods of their employees. Though with the money that goes to the exec during an acquisition, (s)he will be fine for generations and will probably get rehired back at cisco via another acquisition.

The after a couple of years of acquisition is when the business unit you've being put under will start making cuts. Despite all the PR talk to the contrary, Cisco has a bullet with your name on and will use it as some point. It doesn't come down to anything other than cost and preserving margins - like accountants they know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

Usually after 2-3 years, but as @OfrwpSC-xkv mentioned it depends on the product roadmap and if there're people can execute this roadmap especially if the acquired company founder/s and the key engineers left after the 2 years "golden handcuffs deal". Make sure to keep your skills updated and you'll be ok.

Agree these emails are not sent by accident, but to initiate the hunger games . How depressing, but know of two instances. Other chicken faeces way is the improvement plan.

If your two years honeymoon period passed, expect to see some cuts this round, if there is some cisco-wide action.

You still have your own sales, marketing, biz ops, hr? They typically go first and engineering groups are next, but it also depends on roadmaps and how much overlap is there with other functions in Cisco.

And this email you think was sent by mistake - it's possible it wasn't a mistake a t all, but a way to give you all a heads up, and hint about what's coming.