When will portfolio SEs be pooled resources and not be involved with initial discovery calls? Just goes to show you how Cisco values SEs.

The smartest thing anyone can do right now is spend their spare time looking for a new job. The people who don't are going to be caught off guard when things get even worse.

Rumor has it that Kamal & Mange are out early August

Are SEs going to become AEs and AEs will become LRed? Seems that way to me with the direction of tech. Teachings sales to engineers is easier than teaching engineering to sales ppl. With agents, I see a push to consolidate this to a single role. ... — read more 

I happen to be having a great year in sales and may finish FY26 at 350+%. Can Cisco legally re-goal me in order to reduce the commissions paid out to me? If so, can this be successfully fought through legal means? I live in NY State.

We have lost market share for years so now LFG has been rolled out moving many specialists to the portfolio teams. Are they replacing the failed portfolio sales and engineering leadership at all levels that are responsible for this.

We have people carrying the team while others do almost nothing. Why don't the layoffs ever target the right people?

Recent acquisitions over last 5 years that haven’t worked out and why? Go

I can't help but wonder what most of the people in management positions actually do. They check in, they attend meetings, they send emails... What else? What do they actually produce? What value do they add? We have so many unnecessary layers that... — read more 

Others seeing this already... Managers running scared schmuck. There time has finally come to learn technology or retire.

Any idea?

Upcoming role changes and AI agents (which seem promising so far), including mandatory check-ins, are all on the horizon. What's everyone's consensus on this? 🤔

Announced in May of this year. Has it been completed by now?

Are SEs being "pooled"? I don't think I will have the same success if SEs are pooled and not 1:1 with us.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-openai-bubble/#the-ai-bubble-is-an-openai-bubble-%E2%80%94-to-a-mortal-end

Thinking about Splunk – is it a smart move or a sinking ship?

This good….. Cisco Systems Inc. President Jeetu Patel said artificial intelligence is likely to reshape the global workforce by creating more jobs than it eliminates "I've been saying this for months, and the early data is beginning to support it... — read more 

After the $130 all-time high, it has continued to fall and now is down for the past 1 month. How long will it stay above $100 until the street realizes Cisco is just rebranding the usual Switching orders as AI Infra? There’s no meaningful... — read more 

I could not watch. Could someone make a favor and do tldr

Watch the Cisco Beat today... They have rediscovered serious performance monitoring and evaluation and participation in the bullsh-t side of it is becoming mandatory. As a result they are moving it out of all the clunky tools they have today--into a... — read more 

Stuck in grade 8 since last 7years and salary is 170k in Bay Area. Performance rating is always good with stock options(30k) alternate years, but no promotion. How is it for everyone? I'm pretty demotivated to put the same effort another year!

Just to bring some geniuses onboard.

SpaceX popped it and now IBM and others will follow. Who is next NVDA or CSCO?

I’ve seen so many people post on LinkedIn today that this is their last day at Cisco. Very similar to when I was laid off as It’s all about cost nothing to do with refocusing on AI. Everyone who looks to be impacted was 20+ years there so high... — read more 

You could be at IBM right now 📉

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cisco-csco-eyes-sentinelone-italy-061043025.html

Just make sure to use the proper pronouns. 😂

Many years ago when I heard some of my friends had landed jobs at Cisco I thought "wow Cisco is smart to hire them". I even considered buying the stock. All of them got laid off. So when Cisco bought the company I worked for I already knew what... — read more 

"We've undermined the trust you have that your specific expertise and contribution will be valued, that you will grow and advance your career, and that this will be a place where you can actually have an impact." I doubt you will hear anything like... — read more 

With so much more now on their plate, portfolio SEs will be going to a specialization model. It will be a pooled model within their region. Portfolio AEs will use AI for SE support initially then engage the appropriate portfolio specialization SE... — read more 

As I predicted over a year ago watch for AI bust third quarter due to realization of exposed security risk and data center cost.

because now only H1Bs are left :-)

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-workers-tech-ceos-job-losses-afc71e15 It flopped that quickly.

The people who rise through the ranks aren't the ones who know what they're doing. They're the ones who barely understand their own jobs. It would be funny to watch if it wasn't so infuriating. Competence isn't valued, ignorance and good a-s-kissing... — read more 

A few days off used to be enough to reset, but now it's not even close. I don't think any amount of time away would make me actually want to come back here.

Around 4k employees have to go, the last day is October 12.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leaked-tape-shattered-silicon-valleys-ai-illusion-jean-pierre-mugenga-fil9e?

Welcome to the layoff machine. You are no longer in the security business. You are in the LR business. To Astrix customers: Palo Alto Networks is in your future.

H1bs applications skyrocketed in 2026 https://www.newsweek.com/h-1b-visas-skyrocket-despite-trump-admin-crackdown-12154338