Keep punishing people. That'll definitely make them happier. Works every time.

Quite a few people outside my team I occasionally talk to have simply vanished over the last couple of weeks.

J2 confirmed

Kids just don't care... Kids just do not see work the way the rest of us were taught to. A lot of them look at the employer-employee relationship and see it for what they think it is: a bad deal. They can tell workers are doing the actual work... — read more 

All the tech companies have found a way to increase their sales artificially. They systematically raise product prices and thereby report an increase in sales. When in truth, there is no real increase in sales.

Cisco is still milking the innovations of the 90s. Margins are shrinking, the market share is shrinking. What is left is espionage and up theft. It doesn’t go well for chucky boy.

Anyone else dealing with a manager who treats information like it’s classified? Getting even the simplest thing feels like pulling teeth. At this point, I’m losing more time chasing answers than actually doing the work.

Mate, the skunk work just blew up in our face but exposed why we will have prod dev and prod dev test layoffs going into next FY. G2 Happy shoes tapped to reduce 15% across his org

I am. Sent out a lot of applications, then started getting smarter and more targeted. Getting more interviews, but then when the third one comes, it goes well, then ghost town. Tried leveraging contacts, but some were lying or leading me on when I... — read more 

Manager put me on documented coaching out of the blue. Last quarter review was good. This quarter was slow with no high-impact projects and zero vision from the Tech Lead. No feedback on what I did wrong and no forward-looking plan. I’m not getting... — read more 

If rumors are true with a May LR do you still receive RSUs that vest in June and July? There’s usually a 2 month period where you’re still technically an employee, right?

Is the rewards budget broken up into separate Promotion and Merit budgets? Was told the Promotion budget is zero for our group this cycle.

I have been here close to 5 years but I feel like my team is on the chopping block and being automated. Some People are getting moved to other teams and red badges let go. I think eventually blue badges will be let go a couple at a time. Does anyone... — read more 

There is absolutely no reason to go above and beyond. If you want more money, switch jobs. If you want more time and freedom, quiet quit. Cisco seems to be unable to distinguish between overachievers and people who put in 10 hour weeks by clicking... — read more 

After getting HR approval to post a req for a backfill I have, was recently told NO hiring can happen until at least May if not FY27. So, I had to close the req and stop interviews. Also, awards budget was the smallest Ive seen in my many years... — read more 

Cisco has decided to completely destroy its sales channels step by step. The frustration is enormous not only among business partners but also among salespeople. Every two weeks they raise prices, there is no strategy, the products are overpriced... — read more 

I'm in part of CMS and I hear we are dropping all of our red badges in CR to others in some part of Asia.. Assuming it's India.. They'll be gone by the end of the month.

During Chambers' time, there was a very clear strategy and vision: to be number one or two in every product line that Cisco sells, combined with a vision to change the way we live, learn, and play. Today, there is no vision or strategy at Cisco. What... — read more 

It feels like we are just playing a new meta… “look how much we are using AI for everything! Omg it’s amazing!” Meanwhile, I’m dying to work on any customer problem. 😆 is it just me or are we in crazy town?

Watching promotions happen makes you wonder whether performance is really the deciding factor or if knowing the right person is the trump card.

Leader here, do not expect anything this cycle. We got peanuts in the name of budget, not sure how to manage with this much generosity by Cisco

There is an AI assistant called Sherlock that is now handling the majority of customer cases. Instead of working directly with TAC engineers, customers are unknowingly interacting with this virtual assistant for most of their support experience. TAC... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2026/cisco-move-to-eliminate-compute-deal-registration-sparks-channel-turmoil

There has to be some sort of payoff, some sort of scam for this to be even remotely plausible. Literally everyone I know at Cisco is either unhappy or miserable. They may smile, say all the right things, but that’s to keep the bills paid. And the... — read more 

So far red badge contract HTOMs, engineers, and intake phone staff are being laid off. So sad to not give much warning and out into the saturated market.

Anyone else hear of others getting put on so called coaching plans? I was put on one last fall and somehow made it out. Others weren’t so fortunate. Hearing about some others here lately that have been put on them during Q3

Why Oracle is cutting so deep, so fast The layoffs are directly tied to Oracle’s aggressive and debt-heavy expansion into artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to analysis from TD Cowen, the job cuts are expected to free up between $8... — read more 

It is that time of year again when management suddenly becomes visible. All year, there is little to no real contribution. No ownership. No meaningful involvement. As layoffs approach, the performance begins. More meetings. More noise. Sudden... — read more 

Iran issues direct strike threat to Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, 14 other US tech companies — 'These companies should expect destruction of their facilities in response to each act of te---r in Iran' | Tom's Hardware... — read more 

Largely because unlike cold blooded Safra and Clay, Chuck and Jettu are ultimately cowards. It takes a special kind of spine to make massive decisions like these. Cisco will keep the drip drip of San Jose only layoffs at a rate that essentially is... — read more 

I heard there have been big protests against this. Are they cancelling it?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-iran-google-apple-microsoft-36950306 Iran Threat to- These companies are declared as follows: Cisco HP Intel Oracle Microsoft Apple Google Meta IBM Dell Palantir NVIDIA JPMorgan Tesla General... — read more 

Why is that something that's considered not just normal, but a quality that represents a hard worker? How did we allow it to get to this?