I hope everybody knows this by now. The only smart move - unless you're close to retirement - is to look for a job at a company that does not have a doomed future. I know many might think Cisco is too big to fail, but with this leadership in charge, that's always a possibility.
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If you’re sticking around at this place knowing how awful it is, knowing that it’s not going to get better — you’re kind of like an abused, co-dependent spouse. Seriously, the best thing is to just leave — take a break — get perspective and do something else. Anything else. It’s just not worth it.
Regarding the slow death spiral, it need not as always be. Just look at IBM, they bought the first open source company to hit $1Bn in revenue (Redhat) and divested off the low margin businesses (like PC & operations - Lenovo and Kyndryl) and have not looked back since.
So the question is -“who was the other suitor for Splunk”?
There had to be someone else to get the calue to $28B.
Give it a couple of years and that “who” will be buying Cisco/Splunk.
Problem is thats how land deals work - not tech deals!
Compaq- i think 2001 - likely $45 B in revenues - bought by HP.
The world did not skip a beat.
Guess what - Michael Capellas was CEO of Compaq and has been a Cisco Director for many years!
Compaq cratered after they bought DEC in i think 1998 and could not match Dell’s price point and delivery times.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Too big to fail?
Think again!