got the info from my friend at HR (director) - I was not LR'd but will resign soon as I have offer in hand. folks from these regions that are in GSX right now are not safe :( layoffs will start a couple of weeks after GSX depends on the local county... — read more 

I've heard that the layoffs have targeted the higher grade employees at Cisco, who are typically the oldest too. This aligns to a suggestion that Chris Dedicoat wants to reduce the average age of the Cisco sales team and that he believes younger... — read more 

Hi, does anyone know the timeline for notifications outside the US last week? I'm in UK for example & know I'm on the list ... but I don't "officially" know I'm on the list

HTTS and TAC directors are saying TAC/HTTS will "low risk and medium rewards". If you want to stay in cisco for longer time, TAC/HTTS Customer support engg is best role. Technical services has massive margin upto 80%. BU/Sales will be always be in... — read more 

Guys, I am feeling so sad today that I was asked to leave my job at Cisco . I spent so much of my time here contributing to the organization and was treated so badly.

Say... under one director - roughly how many grades 4, 6, 8, 10,11,12 and PE (g13)? From the observation around me, it looks that we we ware at about grades 4+6 - around 50%, grades 8 & 10 around 40%, TLs (11 and 12) about 9 and PE - 1%. Wonder how... — read more 

Saw the note about 1 Fellow in BXB being impacted. And it seems few groups like Cloud were just shut down so that means they would loose everyone...any knowledge about their age and years at company ?

Hi all... I was LR'd in Feb, so I understand the pain and angst everyone who was impacted last week is going thru. Pls be kind to yourself at this time. It WILL get better! Are you a S/W engineer and want to relo to St. Louis (relo $ is avail)?... — read more 

The Cisco Capital finance group were informed yesterday that their group would be hit. They're about 40 folks in Dublin, Ireland. Most likely shifting those roles to Poland.

Let's start a thread on 2017 layoffs at Cisco

Heard Australia got hit pretty hard. Sydney to be exact. Can anyone confirm? Any specific group or BU?

Under the hypothesis that group awards are effectively meaningless beyond a quick feel good and some cash.....feel free to post what awards you've received over the years. (No need to include identifying info.)

Greetings, My name is xxx and I'm an IT recruiter at yyy. Our records show that you are an experienced IT professional having experience with the skills mentioned in the Job description. This experience is relevant to one of my current openings... — read more 

So Cisco Sales team members already had flights and hotel rooms booked for GSX which is this week in Vegas! Did they still go if they got LR'd and if not who ate all the $$$ spent on non refundable flights?

Summarize what happened to your group

How do people get promoted? What is the % bump in salary?

Next round layoff will be "based on performance". And you thought the first 5k were unlucky.

Any references for good attorneys that deal well, or known to have current/past experience with Cisco related layoff issues, negotiations in San Jose HQ? This info could help people here. From bradreese's posts there was mention of one:... — read more 

Just looking at the size of folks impacted around me I think 5500 is misleading.

I've listed this from the Business Insider, added #1 for the heck of it... Frequency of posts on TheLayoff.com Increases An obvious sign: Executives confirm layoffs are coming. Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like "restructuring." Your... — read more 

Do you have any information if Boxborough was affected in the most recent round of LRs

The management and title structure in AS is a mess, especially on the larger accounts. Cisco should do away with the "Service delivery executive" title, it means absolutely nothing, and the delivery managers do the actual managing of the services... — read more 

I’m an editor at Reuters, and we’re doing a story about layoffs at Cisco and elsewhere that looks at the shift in the tech industry from hardware to software and services. I’m wondering if you’ve received inquiries from Cisco employees (or at other... — read more 

How are we letting non-technical managers make technical decisions?

After 18 years with Cisco I got the axe last week along with a quite a few members of my team and my boss. Even today I still have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I'm relieved. Relieved to not be dealing with the politics, the lack of a... — read more 

Just curious, is anyone contacting EEOC to open a case regarding LR age discrimination? It was very clear that age was a huge factor in the LR.

Or stick only if you dont get job anywhere else

There are too many Managers/Directors who are not very strong. Most of them don't have real people/technical skills. Not to mention their English, Chinese, Indian and Russian Managers / Directors have very poor language skills. The All-hands meetings... — read more 

Really....what is HR Fran's "People Deal"? I've been listening to her and her HR folks talk about this since the beginning and I still really don't understand what this new HR paradigm shift got us. Before we had the soul-crushing stack-raking. It... — read more 

Curious...how many of you immediately walked when you got your notice vs still reporting doing a "warm hand-off?"

The sting. I was 95% convinced I was out. Yet again my intuition served me right. I got the swift kick in the rear. Regardless, still stings. For me it was blue badge vs. red badge. I was the only one at my level with a blue badge in our group. I was... — read more 

I've seen a few posters mention some "McKinsey" plan or strategy. It is some consulting company I presume....can anyone elaborate on this strategy or plan Cisco has adopted from them ?

Is anybody working in Spark getting laid off? Or is it mostly hardware dinosaurs? ;)

Who was advising C Level on how to plan and implement this round, BCG? McKinsey? Accenture?

I spoke with people from San Jose and heard few stories... For example a story of a guy who has been mostly working from home recently, because he had to take care of his wife after an accident. He was doing 100% of the work, had brilliant history... — read more