Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

The Collab and Security all hands happened today.

The top 2 questions in Slido were -

  1. Will there be layoffs.

and

  1. You didn't answer the question. Will there be layoffs, yes or no?

The leadership team talked about how everyone would be irrelevant if they didn't know AI, how much the Indian government's market exploded, and some of other things no one much cared about.

When it came to Q&A time, they ignored the hundreds of upvotes on the questions about the LRs, and went to "in person Q+A" with what were obviously pre planned questions. When scott finally answered ALL of the LR questions with "one answer", he talked about travel and the July shutdown. The issue of an LR was ignored except for "it's always a last resort". No yes or no. Just "it's a last resort".

This leadership team doesn't care. They do not care. And anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. They don't care if you are scared about an LR. They don't care about actual concerns . They are worried about how they keep their jobs and how they make more money. Get your resume together, especially if you are an engineer.

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You choose to be the Cisco L-O-S-E-R, why complain?

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Post ID: @jes+1qJTWBIs

How dare they brought up India investment strategy when its the last thing people in the U.S care about. Hellloo? we're losing jobs in America and you talk about India??? Not to mention a rumored LR is around the corner. But its pretty safe to assume this rumor is true based on what was said "LR is last resort" which translate to yes we're having LR.

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Post ID: @sra+1qJTWBIs

Execs cannot answer LR yes or no for legal reasons. It's not about caring or not caring its legal.

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Post ID: @tah+1qJTWBIs

AI the new word of the moment at Cisco…I remember a couple of years back when “cloud” was the word of the moment with all the hierarchy talking about it which then meant all the middle and lower managers were talking about it. Then every product discussion, every slide deck, every company meeting mentioned the “cloud”.
I’m not really sure what Cisco has achieved in the “cloud”, but I suspect AI will be the same, a lot of talk to appear relevant with all the clueless managers and sycophants grabbing hold of the tailcoats but with nothing very beneficial or groundbreaking achieved for our customers

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Post ID: @seu+1qJTWBIs

Why don't you'll boycott these all hands meetings? You know that Cisco higher ups are evasive and don't give a sh-t about the workers. Just don't show up. Use that time to upgrade your resume, skills, spend time with your kids... anything is better use of time.

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Post ID: @cdb+1qJTWBIs

its just a sad sad world we live in....we get on all of these check-ins and ELT talks about how much they care about us, inclusiveness, etc. and they get on these calls and are deer in headlights....refuse to always answer the questions. there is zero transparency in this company...but lets not forget. they are collecting their millions no matter what happens to us.

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