Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

red badge is a short trip up to the volcano to be thrown in, enjoy the money but everyone looks at you like your dead meat , and not many convert, but thats the carrot they dangle. Take blue badge or work somewhere else

Isn’t it awesome when you see the manager who laid you off posting about all the wonderful opportunities at Cisco?

It's always an interesting conversation with a half dozen recruiters who see your LinkedIn profile and think you're a perfect fit for a job posting ... for your old position you were LR'd from and now they're looking for a contractor to backfill you.

Isn’t it awesome when you see the manager who laid you off posting about all the wonderful opportunities at Cisco?

Actually I didn't have a good experience there it is eventually what made me leave to go to MCI/Worldcom. Yep we all know how that worked out 2 years later..LOL

Ah, yes, MCI/Worldcom. I remember interviewing with them. So glad they didn't make an offer because I would have ended up relocating to Tulsa, OK to work for them. But I interviewed with them back in '98 as I was leaving the U.S. Air Force as an officer responsible for the base comm center as part of the Communication's squadron. Seems like a telco company would have been a good fit, but it certainly turned out for the best.

Luckily I've never worked in Cisco's IT. I've been in the Eng IT department for years and now in a non-IT role.

Good luck with the retirement.

I was there in '04. Between Fannie Mae and Bank of America, I've never been treated so badly. Although U.S. Bank wasn't much better. Capital One, TIAA-CREF, Texas Instruments, Federal Express and Cisco have all been much better. But Cisco has certainly changed from it's glory days of the early 2000-2005 period.

Actually I didn't have a good experience there it is eventually what made me leave to go to MCI/Worldcom. Yep we all know how that worked out 2 years later..LOL

God I hate the tech industry and they way they abuse people. Glad I am choosing to retire and not bothering to look for anything else. Cisco was the Cherry topping of the IT Sh*t Sundae I have been drinking for the last couple of decades.

I actually worked at Fannie Mae back in 2002 when Unisys took over the contract from compucom. I was the team lead at the reston building for Unisys.

I was there in '04. Between Fannie Mae and Bank of America, I've never been treated so badly. Although U.S. Bank wasn't much better. Capital One, TIAA-CREF, Texas Instruments, Federal Express and Cisco have all been much better. But Cisco has certainly changed from it's glory days of the early 2000-2005 period.

I'm glad you had a good experience with Fannie Mae. Mine was not good.

@1apu+15O4rcU3 LOL... Been doing this a while now.

I actually worked at Fannie Mae back in 2002 when Unisys took over the contract from compucom. I was the team lead at the reston building for Unisys.

But I cant complain, easiest money I made yet but never want to do it again. I was never ever made to feel like as much like a second class worker as I did working as a red badge at Cisco.

I was never included in internal team meetings, when events happened and they brought the team together from all over the world I was not included even though it was just a couple of hours drive away for me to join them. Hell I even had my own place to stay but nope not possible to be included.

I found out why there was no initial investment in me as I was there for one purpose, do medial work and be the sacrifice when the time came.

You've never worked for Fannie Mae then. You were definitely a second class worker there. Multiple people to a smaller cube, no parking (and in D.C., that's a necessary perk), get bumped from the McLean, VA office shuttle if employees–who have parking perks in D.C. want to ride, etc.

Not being included in internal team meetings–I think you really meant events–is just a fact of life after the Microsoft contractor lawsuit. We used to be allowed to participate and now we can't. If you were not invited to actual meeting where work was discussed, then that's a sign to get the heck out of Dodge.

Sometimes being the guy who does medial work is a good place to be in. No one else wants to do it, and if they get rid of the guy who does it and makes the employees have to do it, morale goes down and they get another person to do it until the budget gets gut again.

Funny that all the threads about Hong Kong have been “moderated”

@1nxl+15O4rcU3 - Never would do that for any company , I have seen too many people screwed by it. If I didn't plan to move there don't ask me to do it for you.

@hbv+15O4rcU3 - Yep I knew the risk coming in and it is the reason why I asked several times during the interview process to make it clear what my goal was. It's really too bad that the dishonest people are the ones that get to move ahead at Cisco and keep their jobs.

But I cant complain, easiest money I made yet but never want to do it again. I was never ever made to feel like as much like a second class worker as I did working as a red badge at Cisco.

I was never included in internal team meetings, when events happened and they brought the team together from all over the world I was not included even though it was just a couple of hours drive away for me to join them. Hell I even had my own place to stay but nope not possible to be included.

I found out why there was no initial investment in me as I was there for one purpose, do medial work and be the sacrifice when the time came.

Vote Trump
Its your only hope to stop this insane virtue- signal culture

at least you didn't relocate for a job at Cisco, some people move due to false promises

Tough time to get renewed or convert.

OP, are you a white male 40+ years? If yes, this is NORMAL at Cisco.