Does management realize that the constant threat of layoffs destroys employee morale, creativity, loyalty and productivity?
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long term productivity is a concern for a healthy company.
cisco’s getting strangled to death by its own intertia, so long term productivity takes a back seat to cashing out a bonus.
Common sense says you either devote majority of your days finding a new job or stay at Cisco and work a second job like many already do.
I hope everyone with this "side hustle" is found out and fired immediately. You are no more than a common, pathetic thief.
When bean counters take the charge of things, the answer is sadly no. Their focus turns to saving money.
@1wlr+1tWJS4ld You’re correct but you forgot the part about the products being absolute trash that no one wants to buy.
I feel bad for the CFO on every All Hands just stammering through spouting lies when he knows how bad the situation is. Over 2 years now the excuse of backlog is old. Nobody is buying it. Come up with something new, just admit our sales teams su-k now and aren't bringing in revenue. Sales has been terrible for well over 4 years now
ELT is only worried about how productive and effective their bank accounts are at receiving $$. Starting with Chuckie and his fave HR lady.
Couldn’t be bothered about the company one sniff
Why work hard when the ELT is not?
Amen
I have a feeling you are a Cisco Exec. There is no way that any Cisco employee living in the real world would ask that question. If you are a Cisco Exec quit being defensive, take the feedback and learn how to be effective leaders.
Harm creativity ? Like what exactly?
No sh!t… and so does the inept leadership!
Op has got it totally wrong. Cisco top management never cares about productivity. What they care is their own financial gains.
Who will build pipeline when they might not be here
Don't forget the first and second line managers who work on new initiatives every quarter only to scrap and start something new the next quarter. This is a theme in SBG.
There is not much productivity at Cisco anyway. For example SBG product managers and principal engineers do nothing but produce meaningless powerpoint slides and attend every free-king meeting they are invited to.
Chuck not willing to do a big one because stock will crash and he lose big! He rather do small 4k layoffs twice a year so he can dump his shares throughout the year!
Most of us work 20 hours a week with side hustles that we get away with since management is asleep at the wheel
It’s run so poorly, management probably can’t even measure that effectively.
Productivity down? Sounds like we need a layoff!
And who are you saying this now?