I am posting this question as a separate thread as I hv already posted it as a reply in other thread. But why there is age bias? I am worried because one day I am going to be 40 then I will be in the same boat. Is that because as soon as you turn 40... — read more 

Part of the package is x months (depending on YOS) of COBRA as a lump sum. As I'm covered under my spouse's benefits (who is also a Cisco employee - not LR'd) they are saying that I don't get any compensation for this. Shouldn't I at least get the... — read more 

Just got the axe too. Package was ok just as I expected.

Does anyone know why my director shared the wonderful news to me on my LR today? I asked the director and said it's cause they are "sharing" the responsibility, whatever that means. After 12 years of service, I'm happy to get the package. It's a... — read more 

I just got fired. Severance package is good. More later...

I just got fired. Severance package is good. More later...

Missing the Intercloud execution plan :-) Heard nothing about a new Cloud Strategy How many CMS sales folks affected by LR ?

During the layoffs of summer of 2012, I actually resigned and put in my notice just before the announcement of layoffs came out. I went back to my manager and offered to be laid off, without a package, just to save someones job. He said "NO" because... — read more 

Because of the WARN Act and Businesses don't want to give you notice of termination, layoffs are prolonged. Within 60 days, they won't eliminate a third of an office building. Business will eliminate a few here and a few there over many months.

will they get it or not ?

Things will not get better, here is why: Virtual-networking software is literally killing demand for high-end hardware. Chinese are not kidding, they compete like nobody else The government and NSA do not help with all spying rumors, kills us... — read more 

As online social media forums become venting grounds for laid-off employees and draw wide attention, startups face reputation risk that can cause serious damage to future hiring plans.Cisco Systems has termed as rumor and refrained from commenting on... — read more 

I am grateful that there are people out there who are considerate and kind even during the worst of circumstances. My spouse was able to keep his job and while we are very grateful we are saddened for those who are no longer working and wish to be... — read more 

Chuck has poker tells. I was only there one year since he took charge, but you can tell when he's lying. He absolutely floated the 20% rumor or had his underlings work with their underlings work with their underlings to ultimately force a poor early... — read more 

I just received the harsh news of being let go. I don't understand the severance package, if I sign how many total months will I receive of pay? I'm sure this has been answered elsewhere but it's confusing to read through.

All the managers who are firing folks from their team will be rotated to under a different director.

Number manipulations and fabrication in showing that an employee is a non performer is a traditional practice at Cisco. Not just this data is not clearly shared with employees and are taken up at a later stage when the employee is vulnerable . This... — read more 

Heard from my friend in HR that there will be about 800 layoffs in APAC. 250 layoffs in India with the rest mainly in Singapore and Australia. Notifications in APAC are not until at least next week.

Grade 8. 3.5 years in Cisco. Eng - QA 1:1 tomorrow @ 1PM. Does any one know what the Severance Package is ?

Post here your grade, # of years of service and what role you were in (Eng, Sales, IT, etc.). I suspect we may see a trend here.

Yet again the older and higher grades are getting hit, replaced with cheaper resources from RTP and India, newer skills is cover up for offloading the long terms people that have given years of quality service

Your posts are the best El Chapo - so, articulate for us, how did we get here?

in dev teams only G11 TLs should be eligible to be considered for manager roles after 360' voting from the team and not just because he is favoured by the director or other track2 common grounds like some school/college/linguistic/country/sports... — read more 

Vote your conscience!

I doubt it, this looks like 100 people are reading posts and answering to each other. Hence 1000 views per page, each of the 100 opens page 10 times, there is your thousand. So, the sample is very small...

this site is deleting the posts. Anyone else see it ?

It looks like layoff.com supports text formatting using markdown protocol. Lets keep things tidy. Start and finish a string with an underscore ti make it bold - two underscores to make it italic. A > at the beginning of a line will indent things or... — read more 

When do the 1:1 invites go out? I suspect we're affected but haven't seen any invites (yet).

My teammate got an one on one invite for tomorrow noon. What does that mean?

This is a painful process for those affected and those around them, but can we get information on what Cisco is emphasizing and de-emphasizing? What group are you in and what are you seeing? Adding headcount or decreasing headcount?

Long ago Cisco was hope and a ground layer of the Internet. Now, it's a sorry looking company that is out of touch. Since the 2000, market values it's as just a sitting no innovation company that the only investment they see is for the dividend. Well... — read more 

7% will reach Escape Velocity, every year!

The People Deal is crystal clear. How can there be any mystery around who does or doesn't get laid off? I think it would be very obvious that Cisco has held up their end of the bargain and the people who are let go failed to adhere to Section 5, Part... — read more 

Bummer