Squawk on the LR Street

Doesn’t bode well for J2 when he wasn’t even invited to the call. Clear ego-rift forming.

No announcements of layoffs during earnings call. Maybe Chuck post some internally, please share here. Any other LR or reorg news?

Asking for a friend.

Need some advice from other folks on the board... my brother in law really wants to join cisco ... he thinks it would be a great move now. he has 10 years of experience as a developer (multiple stacks) in two F500 companies... He's been pushing me to... — read more 

Where do you see RTP 2 years from now? Thoughts...

Take it for what it's worth: Silicon Valley tech layoffs are surging: 7,295 jobs were cut in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in the first half of 2026—already within 9% of the total for all of 2025 and on pace for the worst year since 2023. -... — read more 

Huge growth

Cisco seems to have a quarterly layoff news every 3 months, how about today? Anyone knows? Thanks!

The stock is up on the AI demand, who do AI Naysayers have to say now? Come on you doom and gloom brigade...

I really hope everyone is able to leave this toxic af company. Can you imagine working somewhere where earnings calls are a place to celebrate the value the company has delivered? Every earnings call here, the more numb I’ve become to wondering... — read more 

What do we think Earnings and Forcasts will show and will the baton pass to G2?

Are there any rules around this? I'm scheduled to come back from my leave of absence in October

It's been a pleasure working with you all I had some great times and consider myself an overachiever but these last few months have drained all my energy. I wish everyone the best, specially those that stay behind. Over and out.

Wondering why the rush This is either good or bad :-D

If I get LR’d, and don’t return my Cisco laptop will they brick it? Has anyone successfully kept their Mac laptop functioning after removing all the Cisco bloat?

I'm strangely indifferent to it. I guess I've given all the fu--s I could give up until now, so now I'm in a "whatever will be, will be" frame of mind.

g'day mates! Cisco Earnings Call today. Layoffs will be announced (prolly) It is not whether an LR happens today but rather the toxic culture Cisco has become. Annual goals have shrunk to half-year goals. Sales got consolidated with a paycut... — read more 

Will the CFO continue to push the strategy of 'grow the bottom line faster than the top line' in FY27?

San Jose 138 Milpitas 165 San Francisco 73

The most salient line from the layoff call: "This is not a negotiation." Fine. Embrace it. Give them the one-finger salute back. I doubt you'll hear that line again tomorrow, though. Even the ELT already knows they've gone too far. Layoffs will have... — read more 

Anyone notified yet?

Sine the move is to pooled resources, the total number can be reduced, and AEs doing initial discovery and getting trained up. SEs get pummeled again an again Thought or heard something?

Cannot wait baby

Why?

¥ Expecting 10K positions eliminated. ¥ Stock price shot up to $150 ¥ Per employee revenue around 900K

Are we thinking a big announcement or just quiet cuts? My org has hired quite a few in the last quarter, so confused what’s going on here. Not convinced they’ll be doing any major LRs as of now.

AEs are getting all the training as part of LFG. There is an intentional lack of SE training and investment.

Who's hoping they are on the list?

what's the avg grade 8 or 10 salary in bay area that i can expect? is there grade9 too?

Was fortunate to eventually land another position. Trying not to take anything for granted and always keep my resume updated. Hope all of you are doing well.

Twilio's video and voice APIs along with their voice-based AI features, are proof that this space is very much a growth market. Cisco had the same assets and the same opportunity. Instead it filed the people building this technology under non-core... — read more 

I am seeing this concern voiced a lot among my peers but I am not aware of any limits communicated to us. I am wondering if they can use it against you at some point. Could that be a dormant trap?

Ask GDP TAC RB handle all case keywords with BB but get a lower salary?

Im back from a much-needed mental break, only to arrive to a straight barrage of emails, texts, and people trying to figure out what the fu-k is going on. Who wants to catch me up on these "wonderful" mandatory meetings so I don't have to waste my... — read more 

Layoffs confirmed, just after earnings I work for the most incompetent and delusional human being I’ve ever met. That he has reach a high level is truly astonishing.

Anyone know what grade levels are targeted for the next round? I’m new in my career and don’t know if I should be worried

What’s everyone heard about next week? Looks like we hit our earnings numbers. And the Beat + Beyond #s was already sent out far in advance. Could be good?