That is, with the exception that in the vast majority of cases single criteria was a bottom line, or how much they cost Cisco. It didn’t matter that their value for the company far exceeded the actual compensation they were receiving. Cheap labor is the only thing corporations care about. Quality, experience, skills, workplace culture, functioning of the teams, leadership skills, capacity for innovation and creative thinking, problem-solving skills - none of the above matter. On a personal level, it’s definitely a burden.
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Some fire CR. Crime to make 32m with record profits to layoff thousands for Wall Street and the board
Its how expensive you are... AND your age, your s-x, and your race. If you are expensive and don't check any diversity boxes DUCK!!
I've lost fellow Cisco employees to accidents, su1c1d3s, health issues, etc...
The unseen harm of mental health impact is real. Cisco is not a healthy place. The aggressive layoff culture breeds toxicity that brings out the worst in people.
As more time grows between you and the LR, you’ll realize you are strong AF to have survived.
Its just brutal math. Sales Champion = Overachieved = High Commission payout = expensive to keep. Perverse as it sounds, if you want to cut costs, you cut people. Want to cut costs most effectively, cut your high-performers. It also happens to be death-spiral thinking, but who ever said the billionaires on the ELT had brains or gave a rats about you?!?
It's not random! Age and stock options play a big factor, as well as which ELT will look after you to protect you. It's a horrible approach, but that is what Cisco get away with. We don't care about people, unless you kiss up to an ELT. It is all about money, not people!
The hardest thing is realizing you did everything right, yet still lost.... :(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru
I've lost fellow Cisco employees to accidents, su1c1d3s, health issues, etc... The same goes for family and friends. Experiencing these doesn't make being laid off su-k any less, but if one reflects on it one starts to see the meaning behind platitudes like taking time to smell the roses.
The hardest thing is realizing you did everything right, yet still lost.... :(
Nothing is random. It is a well planned, strategical selection. The reason could be whatever, but absolutely NOT RANDOM.
Not just bottom line it’s politics too
Chairman”s club winner gone. Maybe should have had one more drink in Vegas
its not random. Your manager is the one who laid you off.
Yup, I got sales champion and had my trip booked already to San Diego in October. They laid me off and then canceled my trip.
I am flabbergasted after learning who got impacted. Huge loss for Cisco.