I don't remember the last time I was stressing this much. I'm guessing it'll be a sleepless night tonight for at least some of us.
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@1usu+1u0Epq21 seriously i feel for you, but if it's that bad i would seriously consider leaving csco.
no job is worth that amount of stress/anxiety/need to constantly be medicated in order to survive
Not really, from working here i have PTSD and am on 3 different psychiatric meds that make me no longer care
Doesn’t help the my usual biweekly call is tmrw AM with the ole boss. Gunna need lots of cheap coffee to fix this sleepless nite.
Please chuck down as much free food as you can. Its the only good memory from my ex-toxic team after being LRed !
Just Pray, Stay Calm & Make the Most out of Any Situation that May Arise.
Just Focus Upon the Things Under Your Own Control and Remember To Be Easy On Yourself & Good To Your Family No Matter What.
What Will Be Will Be, Just Let The Chips Fall Where They May.
And Even if you survive this latest Layoff, Take These Lessons to Heart & Make A Plan Moving Forward! Seems Like This is a 6 Month Cycle here at Cisco now & Cisco Aren't The Only "Magnificent 7" Tech Giants to Experience the Real Effects of an Economy in Free-Fall....Look at Intel's page on this site....
Yes but I think it may be due to food poisoning (ate old dumplings)
There won't be any details to employees whom may be affected by LR (what a stupid euphemism, it's a layoff) until next week. The time to start worry was a 6 months ago. Everyone should be prepared by now. If you are surprised by this, you are more useless that then who most people blame for this, the ELT. Now is not the time to do something about this situation, It was when the last LR happen.
Yeah, twisted stomach and nerves, even though I'm pretty sure I'm in enough important work not to get cut. I've seen very important employees get cut in previous rounds so the nerves come no matter how hard one is working.
No I grew up in a third world country and there a real problems not what 10 animals in San Francisco decide
Everything is in our control
There is always light at the end of a tunnel