Hi everyone - not necessarily a speculative post on what may come post the earnings call however sharing a dose of care to those reading this. LRs for the most part are decisions made on the role - not the individual. So, should you be wishing for an... — read more 

Continue the list: Last Rites Leaving Rapidly Laptop Retrieval Last Ritual Lay Rof Lightly Resuscitated LinkedIn Refresh Limited Restructuring Labor Reduction Lovely Release Lucky Rascal Lunch Reservation Life Reset -... — read more 

From what I have seen, very little hiring in FY25. So that might be good, maybe no LR. But on the other hand, heard folks who are fine earlier, are now on 'Below Expectations' in the latest review. Is this management asking all teams do do stack... — read more 

I suspect SBG will get hit hard but which groups if anyone has an ideas ?

Our stock is high as it has ever been for the last 25 years and expected to reach $80 in 60 days. MAKE CISCO GREAT AGAIN! THANKS YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!

How are folks doing from the Feb 2024 layoff? Anyone still watching sometimes this board?

August LR

How cooked am I for the upcoming LR?

I have zero issues with being laid off. Cisco has changed so much in culture and everything else that plenty of people would be grateful for a chance to leave while being paid to do it. Gone are the days when everybody wanted to work here and dreaded... — read more 

Not a good place and time to be looking for a new job. Job market is bad, yet unemployment is still at 4.1% and holding. https://www.businessinsider.com/laid-off-accenture-manager-struggles-salary-expectations-tough-job-market-2025-7

congratulations to cisco for showing the naysayers. all those posts by r2d2 really did make a difference. enjoy everyone

What's like working in TAC? Salary? Stress level?, Growth?, Managers? Metrics?, Case volume? Do you get overtime?, Etc

Saw few folks announcing their last day on LinkedIn. It may be that time to crunch Splunkers after a year post acquisition. This is the way it works at Cisco. Share if you know more.

Cisco Layoffs: 2015–2024 Year Estimated Jobs Cut Key Details 2024 ~10,000 Two rounds: 4,000 in Feb, 5,600 in Aug. Focused on restructuring post-Splunk acquisition and... — read more 

I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping for a LR or ER announcement next week. I’ve done my time, the kids are grown and off on their own, house is paid for, and investment accounts have done well the last few years. The pay is too good to just walk... — read more 

And employee exit date of Oct 13. Sad. I did so much for the team and the business but going to be kicked out shortly.

There may be layoffs next week and there may not be layoffs. Only the ELT truly knows and they have cultivated a climate of fear, anxiety and distrust. remember the layoff announcement in sales that lingered for 3 months? It literally made people... — read more 

Our mgr just scheduled a skip level meeting on 08/14... What's going on?

This isn't a Cisco story, but it's one of our competitors, and I think we all know it's the same thing everywhere. A close friend of mine spent years trying to break past “meets expectations” on his performance reviews at his firm. Took on extra... — read more 

Does anyone know the scope of the eminent layoffs

Feb 2026 is the point to make decision depends on earning and stock price at that time.

Sales specialists, customer and Partner facing are going to be hit hardest. Announcement 1st week September. CX and collaboration will have their usual fire and rehire which will be under the pseudonym of AI skills focus.

From bleepingcomputer.com Cisco has disclosed that cybercriminals stole the basic profile information of users registered on Cisco.com following a voice phishing (vishing) attack that targeted a company representative. After becoming aware of the... — read more 

got cut from Cisco a while back and thought Meraki might be a fresh start... yeah, not even close. whole thing felt like a performnce for soc media app instead of a tech interview. total 100% joke. They hired some kid with barely a resume - 10% of... — read more 

been watching the org chart shuffle itself like a deck of cards in Workday... names disappearing from SJ and popping up in Bangalore almost daily now.They don’t announce it, but everyone on the inside knows what’s really happening. This isn’t just... — read more 

I know many employees who are extremely political and have been working at Cisco for more than 15 or 20 years, regardless of performance.

As soon as you finish one set of training, you get another. Then you have multiple people following up with you to get those trainings out of the way. You folks are the the folks who make this place feel like a hamster wheel.

My blood pressure is through the roof

CR needs to step down, Cisco needs a heroic CEO like Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Nadella saved Microsoft and turned it into a 4T company.

I’m hearing lots of rumors and speculation. Director hasn’t told me anything other than budgets are tight. Should I be nervous? Ugghhhh

What is latest pip process at cisco like? how do we know we're on it? what is the time given for tasks? is there severence if you fail?

Cisco is back at sc--wing its acquisitions. This time it’s Splunk. All open reqs are now taken away and now Cisco is trying to drive up attrition aggressively. What’s next take focal budget, stop dispensing coffee, maybe let’s stop garbage pickup in... — read more 

Anyone been thru Cisco's Documented Coaching process, pre PIP stage, that can share what is involved or what to expect?

An ex-cisco coworker told me about this forum. We see the same toxicity in pan because of excisco id--ts joining us. everything is inefficient af. analysis paralysis coupled with inept leadership added with useless acquisitions. particular group... — read more 

I work for a company who hires a lot of Cisco PMs and we just hired another one, but from Meraki this time. I worked for Cisco for 15 years and got laid off in 2015, but the PM quality recently is rancid ant an 100% level and we keep hiring more of... — read more 

We rarely see the top-heavy layers actually trimmed, while the rest of us, who actually work and create value, keep getting cut loose without a second thought.

What’s the worst that could happen if I just walk out?

Cisco's rapid shift to AI (including the horrible $28 billion Splunk buy) is a warning to Cisco's customers and partners. Cisco has decided to sell AI in order to reduce headcount at both partner and customer businesses. AI agents and automated... — read more 

Any leaders out there that can offer insight into how this years Rewards Budget is trending? Better than last year? (I hope). Reckless speculation is fine too.

There will be a meaningful round of layoffs. Focus will be on declining or stagnating business areas and legacy skillset. If you can’t Vibe Code, you are out of luck. AI is taking your job.