Why?
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the same divide we see in the nation between rich and poor, is happening here at Cisco. The top execs paycheks get fatter and fatter while the lower part languishes in disgust. We gotta revolt and end this crap.
Good post @1qxl
Cisco has become a joke of a company, run away from them!!!!
No one wants to work at Cisco --- that's true, I tried many times to hire good software engineers that I knew but all of them refused to consider Cisco! Just ask your friends/contacts outside Cisco if they're welling to consider joining Cisco, the answer would let you understand to which level Cisco has bad reputation in the industry!
Companies now (especially in North America) won't hire people who have worked at Cisco for more than 3 - 5 years.
Unfortunately, IMHO, I don't think so. Cisco is spiraling downward b/c of this 'tradition.' Morale is plunges after each qtr's stealth lay-offs. Whilst secretly the Cisco C-suite targets those who are 40+ or at grades 11+ under the premise that this population is 'stagnant' what they really are doing is throwing out the proverbial baby with the bathwater. Are some Cisco people's skills out of date? Perhaps. There were a few I could say this is true on my extended teams... but they were the minority (I'm not an engineer.) They could have easily rotated many who were impacted by LRs to other teams. The amount of native knowledge, experience, etc they lost is insurmountable - and can't be replaced by those who are green/younger. Bully on Cisco for not doing the work - it was easier for upper management to start from scratch. Had they repurposed those who provided top talent to other teams, they would not be in the predicament they now are in: no one wants to work at Cisco.
This tradition probably has an enormous impact on morale, productivity, stress and fatigue. Can Cisco's woes get any better, regardless of what's new, before this trend goes away? How can a business be successful if this rock is weighing so many people down?