Performance improvement plans (PIPs, Pivots) almost always end in you being fired or quitting. There are psychological reasons this is inevitable. Here is why, and how to avoid them as an employee and to be a better manager. First, I know a few... — read more 

Any news on what will happen or how the LR's will affect Meraki?

Any news about layoffs in the CX org? What should we expect?

List is prepared on VP level? How do they know about the team performers?

Imagine how much power we'd have if we, across the tech industry, unionized. It sure would throw the brakes on these giant LRs if we had some bargaining power.

I hear security is safe yet everyone thinks our products su-k

I heard someone breached an NDA and they know who it is that is breaching info to Reuters

Stupid ELT better come with some answers, I think if they drag this cr-p out 30 days like I’ve heard… they are going to burn down what little good will is remaining.

Do we know which day we’ll know about our promos? November 1st? Or is that when it goes into effect? This is all dependent on whether I’m not LR’d lol

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Will new hires still in their 90 days be at risk in the first cut next week?

sure seems a lot more devious now.

I'm internal and haven't seen or heard of either officially - yet some here apparently have?

For all US employees it could cost $100M easily. So maybe the restructing cost of $700M to $800M for Q1 includes this as well and less headcounts for LR ?

Mgmt guided mid single digits growth 4% to 6%. It kind of shows that Mgmt will do anything to meet this number.

Most notifications to go out on Sept 16 After that, US to move to “unlimited” PTO policy (I posted this last week and got downwoted) Rewards decisions moving to two cycles. First bonus, later merit / promo / stock. Payout, vesting and merit... — read more 

Curious if anyone has heard about if T2G will be changed with the scam that is "unlimited" PTO coming to Cisco. Might be time to burn those days up while they're a separate category?

Better for work than Cisco? Any insights? Salaries/Perks/Benefits? In sales org.

Will the candidate be decided based on performance till 16 sep or list is already made?

What should we do till 16 sep?

Been with Cisco for 16 years, age 50... In the last 2-3 days 2 people from Cisco checked my Linkedin profile in private mode. I survived a lot of LRs, might not survive this one.

Reason for delay is first management need to go, teams consolidated, and then axe falls on ICs to sort this out. Very indigenous and stressful times ahead figuring this out on the fly which team stays or go, with poor planning. The list may already... — read more 

Flush this place down the drain! It’s over!

What on earth are they basing the 2025 predictions on? What are they “upbeat” about? Something only they can see? It’s called delusions.

Anyone can confirm this? If that’s the case, then these layoffs are truly badly managed.

Say good buy to 4 weeks paid PTO now... Companies move to unlimited time off to save money as most people will take less time off moving forward now...

During all hands call our VP mentioned that notifications will go out on Sept 16th. One full month of motivation and productivity lost...

Title, info from director

When CR justified the layoffs this week he used the same words he used 6 years ago when he said we had to pivot to become a SW company. Will we adopt any lessons learned from that effort? The way I see it, there was no real plan how to get there... — read more 

Anyone looking for work or hoping they dont get LR’d during this absolute dumspter fire of a situation should just initiate a slow down. Not a strike, don’t unionize, just do the absolute bare minimum at the slowest pace possible. Don’t go out of... — read more 

The campus will be closed and sold in November 2024.

Anyone LR'd in Japan? TAC Japan? If so how many?

Why the layoff? well, it's complicated. The Innovator's Dilemma, popularized by Clayton Christensen, describes the challenge faced by companies like Cisco when they have to decide whether to invest in disruptive technologies that could cannibalize... — read more 

Since this Riff was not well thought out, let me help out ... Offer a GENEROUS Early Retirement package (yes, we gave you our best, sacrificed a lot) and you'll easily fill up half of the necessary head count to reach the required 7%. Really and... — read more 

I have an upcoming medical LOA. What happens if I’m LRd during that time?

Is this financial engineering at a high level to please the market, or is there something underlying here? Analysts are posting positive news. Somewhat confusing...