I impacted but am not sad. My wife not happy. The problem was I stay too long at Cisco, which made my brain to hurt and I drool on myself during endless webex and stupid meetings with dumb sales pigs. Im happy to finaly leave with some package so I... — read more 

When are LR's over in US?

Never thought it would happen to me! But reality is that .. I got laid off ! For the last 6 years worked for the company with honesty, but would not say worked hard!.. there was no need since I was good in making things happen on time. Yes... — read more 

From 12 hours a day and 7 days a week in the 19the Century, it became 8 hours and 5 days a week in the 20th Century. In view of the automation and the resulting productivity gains, 21st Century workday should be 4 hours and 3 days weekend for... — read more 

I always envied all those who had the privilege to work in Tech Sector. The office politics may be bad, but most of you live in Silicon Valley. So what differs a Cisco from a mature Tech Company?

Who can code & troubleshoot in C, C++, Java,Python etc examine core files crash dumps instead of being an email only manager.

For those who were cut.. when can we file for unemployment.. At the end of September when we're released from Cisco or at the end of October because of the "pay in lieu" month??

I understan that US is now done. Anyone knows when EMA is coming? UK especially?

I am 40+ and my manager has been critical of me for months yet I was not laid off. I got sick of all the political crap, constant changes in my role completely different than I was hired for, and lack of clear direction so I resigned. No one should... — read more 

told a dir. to save them from team retaliation for firing few folks. some managers are leading the same team for over 15 yrs. have formed a closed group/comfortable/cozy group with a few of the folks in the team whom they "save" in every LR... — read more 

30K eliminated so far

I was one of the giant telecoms' ex employees who got laid of a couple years ago in my 40's. I feel for the affected folks at cisco though some of you might probably have saved a lot to weather through the upcoming unemployed days and some might not... — read more 

WSJ published an article that basically equated being a Cisco employee to suffering death by 1,000 cuts. Rumor is that one Marketing team's ex-military VP sh--canned all its intelligent women who did all of the work. Of course & OMG, these ladies... — read more 

Does anyone know if the rsu grant will happen this fall after the LR? Also, do we know if we get more now there be fewer people? Is this HR question?

The group that supported our labs lost 3 people about a month ago. No one thought they would take another hit, in fact everyone else scrambled around worrying. Wednesday everyone slower heard the news that the boss and manager over the group were let... — read more 

Yep, I got the call. I thought of shouting, "But I have people skills!" but refrained. I did get my revenge on the "PC Load Letter" copier, though. Soon, the only one left at Cisco will be Milton and his Swingline stapler. For those who've seen the... — read more 

One lesson I have learned from the past, dont live fear and hope to ride it out. Update your resume asap, and begin looking. In hindsight, it is better to be layed off in the first round, and look for work before the market saturates. Before the... — read more 

Anybody in Europe got their 1-1 meeting booked yet?

Not LR-ed but wanted to know - if you are cut, can you get Unemployment benefits - I am asking because of the severance payment as I think that severance will render you ineligible for unemployment - not sure how EDD looks at this but if you have... — read more 

In my org, top grade levels were hit. I know of 2 GL 12s, 1 GL 11 and a Director. Lots of knowledge and experience slashed.

I was LR'd after 16 years and have been told no ER package but want to see if anyone is aware of anyone being offered and ER?

My boss told me it was not your performance at all (we have many juniors in team) but he didn't say what it was. Can they do that? Should I talk to HR?

https://www.change.org/p/attorney-general-of-the-united-states-stop-h-1b-discrimination-against-americans

My team let two go today, in IT, and as soon as I heard I realized it was going to be less work for me. These two were awful, 1/2 my time was spent going back and fixing their mistakes. Now, our team can just do it correct from the beginning instead... — read more 

Anyone else offended Cisco would host the US basketball teams on a luxury cruise ship in Rio, while laying off thousands of employees?

Someone mentioned that the deadwood at "high" positions is chopping off 50% budget. A couple of good VPs but the deadwood mafia is going to kill the org. We see lot of 1:1's scheduled today but no one's saying anything.

So we had a team of ca. 40 people. ca 30 of Indian descent, and about 10 of different ethnicity. Similar grades. 8 people were cut. NONE of them from the Indian group.... All of them of different shades of white, all of them 35+ yrs old. People who... — read more 

I wanted to give my best wishes to folks who underwent the LR . Remember , its not the end of the world and specially if you are in the Silicon Valley region , jobs are a plenty .. I don't think that the folks who are not impacted by the LR are... — read more 

Is it over in india ..i know some people were notified yesterday.

Do they give you a lump sum to cover COBRA?

Does anyone know what the rules are for filing for unemployment with a severance package?

So he said he would never release layoff info with out telling employees first and that he's insulted. Sooo announcing 17th and firing 18 how the f--- is that telling us first !!!!! F--- you chuck you clearly don't care because you didn't even... — read more 

Deadwood mafia is strong at Cisco

Can folks share how their particular business units did today. Were whole groups/teams impacted ?

in Florida my unemployment will be $275 a week. COBRA costs more than the unemployment. What does one live on? Definitely incentive to retire instead of claim. Unreal.