Who is looking forward to our every word being monitored?!

Hi folks, if we accept a job within the 60 day WARN period and start, are we still eligible for severance?

Specifically asking for Engineers … Who is likely to let go in next round of LRs? Remote workers who can not come to office or H1B people based on new policy changes

Obviously leaving is the best course of action (working on that lol), but how do folks deal with incompetence with their management? I can’t think of one thing my manager does to protect the team, and we are the last people to learn about anything. ... — read more 

US layoffs fell in September, but hiring plans dropped to their lowest level in 16 years, according to new data. At the same time, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire Occidental Petroleum’s OxyChem unit in a $9.7 billion deal, Tesla... — read more 

Why are Principal Engineers taking on reportees and performing managerial duties? Isn’t this a fundamental misuse of the role? A Principal Engineer is supposed to be a senior technical authority, driving architecture, innovation, and solving the most... — read more 

Will Cisco engage in another round of layoffs? yes. 100% Will Cisco LRs happen next week? in November on the Q1 earnings call? in February on the Q2 earnings call? in May for Q3 or August for Q4/FY ? yes, probably. Is Cisco bad? no. Cisco us a... — read more 

Cisco cannot help itself!! They confuse everyone! Especially our ENTIRE CUSTOMER BASE! Renaming Firewalls, Routers, Switches, FMC, CDO, HyperFabric, NEXUS HyperFabric, Nexus switch, 6000 series switch, ki-l the Catalyst Brand, bring it back, Just... — read more 

People leave managers due to their behavior politics and secret meetings with trusted people

It has been said time and time again that Return to Office is not mandated. Yet leadership has mentioned that there will be people walking around auditing who is present. Has Cisco gone full on micro managing?

Anyone else here feeling exhausted? And I mean really exhausted? Anyone noticing team dynamic and personality changes? Speaking to many colleagues seems like many are feeling this way but feel helpless that the continued re-org, endless trainings... — read more 

LRs coming soon in Nov (internal sources)

What is next ? How to combine your s-xual life with AI ? Cooking with AI ? The obedience and mindless attempts to align themselves with the latest buzzwords, "putting some Windex" in just anything that comes their way is amazing and it requires... — read more 

1H is almost done. Does anyone else still feel off, or, better yet, has anyone figured out what the big issue is, why it feels like it's busier than usual, and why some senior leadership is jumping ship? 🤔

With 100k$ price tag for an H1-B and massive tariffs on outsourced labor and overseas remittances, get ready for an end to this scam of a program. It's going to be a bright, sun shiny day. Start packing, Saars.

As we head into the holiday season things getting quieter just adds to the anxiety

let's say you are 58 - would you accept an early retirement? i am curous about how people are thinking about the topic (more than helping me make a call). you can assume anything you'd like (e.g., having or not having enough saved, age of kids... — read more 

If AI cannot replace FLMs and even SLMs then how is it used to detect early cancer ?

https://thefinancestory.com/oracle-fires-3000-employees-after-144bn-cloud-revenue-projection And then this is saying that for example in Zurich it was mostly managers... — read more 

Here: https://youtu.be/LWO2ohVTXLA?t=1514. He talks about how Cisco loaned it's own money, and as many of the companies went bankrupt; our gear was sold on the open market. He started the discussion how an AI bubble could potentially play out.

Or only the layoff is the only way yo be thrown out of Cisco?

https://youtu.be/T1A4CpaoeSA?si=HXwrebw6cqzbd3Fq

Do you think HR or ELT read here ? There are some wild posts that has to give even them the laughs and thr truth

CISA said it’s aware of hundreds of Cisco firewalls in use across the federal government that are potentially susceptible to... — read more 

ArcaneDoor continues to leverage Cisco’s strong backlog and AI capabilities..oh wait. Anyway, see below: These attacks on Cisco security appliances are a continuation of the ArcaneDoor campaign that Cisco announced in April 2024. Multiple federal... — read more 

Looking bleak to me. Any luck out there ?

Something must seriously be brewing in the pot.

Heard that on Cisco beat. Just gross

Who is voting for this cr-p?

to those LRed (positions eliminated), if they go to interview and accept job offer before Oct 13. will they lose the package?

Got the 'Engineering with AI Program' company email... talk about out of touch. Most engineers in our BU have been smashed on the head, over and over, about use AI for this or use AI for that... and now we're being told that we need hands on training... — read more 

Any word on any further layoffs this year?

How does a company with record profits not have any budget for paying their employees?! I have an IPF of 140 but there is no budget for salary increases or RSUs?! What a joke. I bet the executives all get their salary increases and stocks. Company is... — read more 

Very surprising CR’s marketing for attaching with celebs was great. CR even attached himself with NVIDIA CEO.

Layoffs are ongoing until we're all gone

Not happy, not mad either

Underwhelming Splitting it in 2 is demotivating Great way to push talent away