Incompetent management, lack of direction, unreasonable expectations, hypocrisy, sloppy assignment planning, lazy individuals who do nothing but deflect blame, and so many other things are the reason why I've decided to move on from Cisco after 9 years. I don't think anybody who's thinking about their career long-term is planning to stay here any longer than they have to.
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I’m 12months out of Cisco, couple observations I have to earn my keep now! But I had a salary bump of 50% when I joined, and recently had a further bump in salary, bonus was double than plan and the work I’m involved in is market leading in cloud…. Not too sure why you would stay at Cisco. It can’t be for salary (well below market) the benefits (seems like that is being cut) and technically market relevance is not there anymore… I’m confused why people stay….
Cisco's technology was used to build the Internet. Ultimately, it appears that was the sole reason for Cisco's existence as it's just managing its own decline at this point.
Left as well and am not looking back. Cisco is no longer the industry standard. It took Chuck less than 6 yrs to dismantle and destroy. Maria is partly to blame with her vision of grandeur that are proving to not be very profitable. I wonder how long this ship stays on course with areas of CX not paying for itself.
I was invited to a regional manager’s meeting the other day. I was expecting some intelligent conversations, with well thought out insights, and strategic plans that you could buy into - sadly the complete opposite was experienced.
I worry that the work I’m doing at the moment is a backwards step for my skillset, so like OP thinking it’s time to move on