The big AI companies have been talking for two years about their plans to build huge data centers worth trillions of dollars. Any sensible person could understand that they would empty all inventory of computing components, memory and data storage... — read more 

https://www.afr.com/technology/prepare-for-the-worst-cisco-ceo-warns-ai-will-mirror-dotcom-crash-20260220-p5o436 An interesting read

As CX was down over the past quarter by 1%, what do you think the probability of layoffs in TAC occurring would be? Furthermore, has anyone heard anything about layoffs in TAC after the most recent earnings reports?

I keep seeing more and more Cisco employees on Linkedin with "Open to Work" on their photo. Looks like there is quiet layoffs happening.

I’ll start Chuck Robbins

This is the weirdest spot to be in. I actually enjoy what I do and the people I do it with. But the layoffs keep coming and they keep taking the best people. Every quarter I do the math. Who's left? Who went? Will it be me next time? I know the... — read more 

Cisco is sending panic to its partners. Every few days, the company's management sends out an email to partners with new policies regarding prices, deals, and price protections. There is great frustration among Cisco partners regarding the company's... — read more 

One frustrating thing about Cisco is realizing the slacker sittng next to you is safer than you as a high performer…. Slackers are annoying… but they are harmless. They do not ask many questions…they do not challenge decisions, and they usually do... — read more 

To talk about the aftermath of the upcoming LR?

Wonder if ER will be offered again? Last time they did it was 2022 iirc.

Applied for some positions and heard there is a hiring freeze?

The Beat mentioned Promotion and Reward cycles When is this happening?

Operation and Region reductions are coming in Q1 which will result in Layoffs for ODs, SSEMs, RMs, SEMs, AEs, and SEs.

All Portfolio SE’s down-market from Enterprise and some SP will be moved to Architectures. May happen as soon as Q4, worst case Q1. Comms will start in two weeks.

GSX will be virtual

On the Beat, seeing some red faces trying to sell these budget restraints.

Just saying

and it's actually 100% like they said after the earnings call, so at least this is coming in next week

you know what that means

I remember when I couldn't imagine working anywhere else. Now I can't imagine staying. They took something great and broke it. Makes me sad every day.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-data-center-layoffs-leave-workers-stunned-after-relocating-for-tech-jobs

When mass promotions of 6700 people in CX happened all of us in CX understood that the margins would get affected in a few quarters when its in effecti in all regions and there would be consequences but LC & CX leaders defended it then and tried to... — read more 

This explains why it was not announced and why it was not in the statements We quietly lost a few recently

The Cisco ELT and multiple layers of bloat beneath them are waking up to the fact that the very AI they are so aggressively promoting will completely destroy their lives. Each and every one of Cisco's business units are being actively replaced by a... — read more 

The abuse, pressure and threats of layoffs are intended to keep you locked into a victim mentality. They don't want you to realize that in most cases, software services you work on can now be vide-coded and released as competition or simply given... — read more 

Tesla must face lawsuit alleging it replaced laid-off US workers with H-1B visa holders | Electrek https://share.google/1VrPwTtJ3kMSOejdK

Just saw that the Beat scheduled for 2/25/2026 was canceled for “leader training”. I guess the ELT is coaching them what to say for the upcoming layoff.

The positive side with Ai. Now I can pretend work with useless Ai trainings. I am working with fake POC with Ai. Ask ai for some dummy implementation and call it as my poc. I can watch Netflix whole day and still get good performance review, because... — read more 

This is just a public service announcement. and these roles are not fake as Cisco's open roles.

Most of their cases are general inquiries with zero technical complexity and could be easily handled by AI. Every new ticket opened is nothing but a CAPEX/OPEX to Cisco.

"I want to be fully clear and transparent on the great place to work programme" doesn't mention that Cisco buys their way to the top Ok

Does anyone know if there will be any layoffs in the SBG , considering that it’s one week now after the earnings call?

While we are spinning our wheels. Who, on the exec side, is responsible for this?

The company keeps letting go of people who actually know the work and matter, then shuffling others into roles they aren’t set up for. It’s creating gaps and inefficiencies that could’ve been avoided. I'll never understand the logic behind their... — read more 

I was laid off after Q1 results were announced, even though there was no formal announcement of any cuts by the company. Came as quite a surprise. They are doing stealth cuts every quarter, may not be a high number that they need to announce, but... — read more 

How is it working for you? Any repercussions?