It's like a conveyor belt. Every few months we get somebody new. By the time they properly know what's going on and what we're supposed to be doing, it's time for them to move on (or out, in some cases). This is making all of our jobs that much harder, but nobody seems to care. Had somebody told me that working at Cisco would be like this 18 months ago, I wouldn't have believed them.
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I was at cisco for 3.5 years. In that time I had six manager transitions. It’s discouraging to have to prove your value and promotion merit every six months.
Much worse was each new boss telling my old team we were going to be doing things "their way", since would be "so much better". Turned out "their way" was mostly the same thing under the boss that had left ahead of them or turned out to be "no real plan" that we could follow - gaah! Happy to say, have since moved on from Cisco.
Full-time at Cisco is still better than consulting or contracting. It could always be worse.
Most folks that can are looking for and finding exits.
Cisco isn't worth the constant stress of layoffs, the politics, the infighting, the lies. Constant lies.
It is a culture of sucking up, bullying, lying to look good and get promoted, and thise who make waves are axed.
This is ki----g teams and depts. as there is 0 accountability let alone any responsibility. It is a shame to say the least but we do see the management rotation accelerating over time. Must be sign of the times.
The worst was watching personal friends of VPs fast tracked. Automatic grade bump every 12 months without any results. It can get demotivating to see the relationship based politics.
I started at Cisco in 1995 and in all those years since then I've only had one boss that lasted more than 15 months.
Just be glad you got backfills. I spend most of my time without bosses.
never had a single boss for more than a year in CSCO. i thought it was my luck..