Comments on: Cisco Lays Off Several Hundred Workers

By: softie

softie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:06:06 +0000

Glad to know that there are so called Software Engineers at Cisco ?!!!?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:04:34 +0000

Glad to know that there are so called Software Engineers at Cisco ?!!!?

By: Ex-slave

Ex-slave — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:54:28 +0000

I’m one of the Realtors who previously worked for Cisco. Most of my clients are currently working in this company and I can tell you that some of them is able to pay off a 700K home in 2-3 years. Looks like the big bonus really help them a lot and that’s why I quit my job not to waste time with the ridiculous workload and management style.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:50:40 +0000

Directors and above were getting at least 20% for their bonus and RSU this time, it doesn’t matter how their EPM looks like. Even for the 1st or 2nd line managers are doing pretty good if their direct reports of Director or VP likes them. All about politics in this company, so really no surprise seeing 14M for Chambers. Some one told me about one Director received 10000 RSU and 35% bonus this year, WTF, but what can we do? Breakroom even cutting down Lipton green tea but giving away a lot of money everywhere among those management group. If you don’t have any good relationship and connection with any Directors or VPs then you have no future working here. No matter how hard you work and you will not get what you deserved to have. The management structure here is so much corrupted and politically polluted. If you read this and if you are currently the director, don’t tell me you are allocating the bonus and EPM rating in a fairly manner, only Idiot will trust that is performance base and not connection base.

By: Ex-Cisco

Ex-Cisco — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:39:50 +0000

check out this document (incase you can not open the other link)
register in the site (takes 2 mins) and
comment regarding the article. This is Sjose paper and the author is
in contact with Cisco HR.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13448610

By: Ex-Cisco

Ex-Cisco — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:41:10 +0000

He must have done very well in his EPM.. E+++++++

It is just a joke.. According to someone in the Wallstreet, if Cisco
did really well then what would be his bonus, 100 million? it is so sad
Cisco laidoff people, cut down in so much expenses and most probably
will continue to do layoff, but then you see these big bonuses.. Forget
about JC, how about all those VP’s+Directors,2nd level managers…
Imagine how much they made….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:16 +0000

just curious, who do the ranking stuff for JC? How did he do his epm?

By: anon

anon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:09:49 +0000

One hopes that at the next birthday breakfast…someone brings this
up.

By: Ex-Cisco

Ex-Cisco — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:03:06 +0000

Looks like John Chambers got over 2 mill dollars bonus for laying off people.
His total compensation is 14 Mil dollars this year… Can you believe that?
He fires people, cut down the costs to save money and at the end he
gets 14M salary… Now do you trust John Chambers?

By: Ex-Cisco

Ex-Cisco — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:35:47 +0000

If you do not have a good relationship with an Indian manager (another word,
if you do not kiss up to them), expect to be on the layoff list in the next
round.. but have a little proud and stand up to these clueless Indian managers.
Not the whole IT world works in Cisco. It is life out there.