If you have been impacted by Cisco Layoffs and are American you are being replaced!
Since their mass layoffs they have filed 1,132 employer sponsored green card applications and have submitted requests for 26,804 H-1B foreign workers. 16,708 are new! Don't just let them replace you!
CCW is known for turning vendors into employees and giving them higher grades and salaries, probably because they work super long hours—like 12-hour days. People also say CCW mostly hires Indians and not folks from other nationalities. If you're still at Cisco, take a look, and you'll see what I mean.
All full time jobs of Cisco GC and citizens are replaced by H1B and vendors contractors
No can do do anything. See CCW, supply chain and CX, full of contractors become blue badges. And all the contractors from previous qtrs are back with full swing.
Layoff impacted poor full time engineers
Face the fact, jobs are going where the better educated are.
Actually the educated are going where the money and opportunity to grow is which is not Cisco. Since it's been mostly bug fixing for decades Cisco has the jobs Americans don't want to do.
Been happening for years.
US citizens,
Face the fact, jobs are going where the better educated are.
CFO is backfilling LR'ed roles in Costa Rica.
"In Europe, following the recent layoffs, there has been a significant increase in the number of red badge employees originating from Jordan and Egypt."
What part of staffing up with people from countries that really are nothing more than te------t safe harbors seems like good idea? But they are cheaper.
If you know of anyone fired for a foreign replacement have them read this link. They can get a Department of Labor investigation going if someone contacts the DOL.
https://x.com/amandalouise416/status/1867922323728457914
A large company I worked at during the 1990s was bringing in foreign janitors because "there were no qualified US applicants." Cisco was offering those of us in the US a chance to move to India for a massive pay cut more than two decades ago. You are decades behind the rest of the world in figuring this out.
Trying to accelerate before the next administration makes it much more difficult/cost prohibitive
The orange president knows Americans can't do anything. That's why he has to use foreign visas for hundreds of ~spies [help] to collect data [serve] at Mar-a-Lago.
Who's running DOGE?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/12/12/tesla-emerges-among-top-employers-of-h-1b-visa-holders/
Companies aren't going to keep paying for low value indian or any other garbage off shore mess.
Again, decades behind the rest of the world including what's happened at Cisco. As a customer, Cisco's quality has been garbage for more than 30 years and all the offshoring which didn't start until well after then hasn't made things much better or much worse.
Trying to accelerate before the next administration makes it much more difficult/cost prohibitive
Companies aren't going to keep paying for low value indian or any other garbage off shore mess. liz does not get that OR she does and is that stupid along with CR. Really, these are two of the most arrogant "leaders" out there that truly believe their own BS. Bad thing is that there's more like them interviewing to move up into the recently freed up dei gimme positions.
This is the exact strategy being implemented by the CX Centers in Europe and India. The objective appears to be the replacement of European engineers with lower-cost workers from Egypt, Jordan, and India.
While the layoffs are being justified under the pretext of AI advancements, there has been no significant increase in AI-related activities. Instead, the number of red and blue badge employees from these regions is steadily rising.
If you want to minimize the chances of being included in future layoffs, here are some recommendations:
Consistently deliver excellent services to customers.
Build strong relationships with customers, ensuring they rely on you and value working with you—whether you’re with Cisco or outside the organization.
Communicate with customers in their local language, avoiding the use of English in both verbal and written communications.
Apply the same principle to deliverables—there is no internal policy mandating English-only documentation.
Use local European languages in Webex groups and team discussions.
If your manager asks you to onboard non-European colleagues, emphasize that communicating in the native local language is critical for maintaining high-quality customer relationships.
If you suspect any illegal layoffs, report the issue to the local labor inspection authorities.
Many European customers have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of services provided by non-European workers. If you are affected by layoffs, reach out to your customers and explore whether they can hire you directly. Often, it may be more cost-effective for them to hire you than to renew a contract with Cisco.
The European market remains one of the most profitable for Cisco. However, capitalism tends to disregard Europe’s linguistic, cultural, and legal diversity. For Europeans, these aspects are assets that can offer protection.
There have been instances where CX Centers in Europe allegedly bribed corrupt governments to secure work permits for non-European employees. Some use umbrella companies with European addresses, requiring red badge employees to occasionally travel to renew work permits.
In Europe, following the recent layoffs, there has been a significant increase in the number of red badge employees originating from Jordan and Egypt. To circumvent legal requirements, their umbrella companies reportedly provide temporary false addresses to secure short-term residence permits in Europe.
Additionally, an increasing number of engineers from India are now involved in European projects.