RE: Do the Looming Cisco Lay Offs Affect You?

Larry is right. I made it through the Jan 2001 layoffs and had my team cut
down significantly. Not only were we responsible for our own support tasks
with less staff we also had to take on other groups' tasks as they didn't
have the bandwidth to handle their load alone. Other groups that did
development, such as the team that was working on the NG-IOS ,aka modern day
IOS 15.x, was cut. As you can see, cutting some areas can lead to delay in
product lines and innovation -- hopefully they do not do that with this RIF.
Ultimately it is a mix of bottom performers, non-profitable units or units
that do not drive the core business (as you can see from the FLIP
discontinuance).

Travis

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Larry Letterman
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:27 AM
To: john matijevic; CCIE KID
Cc: Scott Morris; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Do the Looming Cisco Lay Offs Affect You?

The Cuts have probably already been decided..It will happen in two
weeks..and its not always the bottom performers..If a Bus unit is failing, a
Lot of good engineers get cut regardless..Cisco will also analyze what
projects they want to keep and which they will throw out..the folks on the
ones that get thrown out will more than likely get cut also..Thats the way
it happened the last time around..

-L

On 7/19/11 12:09 PM, "john matijevic" <john.matijevic_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> My advice is to do the best job you can and realize that sometimes
> business decisions cannot be controlled by yourself. Maintain good
> relationships, and don't let the circumstances affect your job
performance.
> Regards,
> John
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM, CCIE KID <eliteccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott,
>> I am working in some Internal Project like Testing Migration Tools
>> like CMA, CCC and some other Migration tools.
>> I am not actually interacting with the customer directly.Mine is to
>> test the tools and then just deliver the bugs to the concern
>> development team . So i dont know whether i m in last 5 % list I am
>> really fearing about my position
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Scott Morris <swm_at_emanon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Always remember with things like this, it's the BOTTOM 5%'ish where cuts
>>> happen. If you/your group are making your numbers and/or providing a
>>> valuable service to the organization, then you are highly unlikely
>>> to get cut.
>>>
>>> If you're figuring out ways to better yourself for the group, make
>>> sure everyone (mgr on up) knows about it.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/19/11 12:21 PM, CCIE KID wrote:
>>>> Hi fellows,
>>>>
>>>> Yes Cisco is firing people from all quarters. I am really fearing
>>>> about
>>> my
>>>> job in Cisco Systems . Don't know what is going to happen.for me .
>> Really
>>>> guys please pray for me . I dont want to lose my job in Cisco. I am
>> from
>>>> Advanced Services team.
>>>> Please guys pray for me . I want Cisco to overcome this obstacle in
>>>> his
>>> path
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Eman <eman_at_ccieflyer.com> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Cisco announced Monday that it will reduce its workforce by 6,500
>>> employees
>>>>> in the first half of August as part of its effort to adjust its
>> business
>>> to
>>>>> increased competition in the switching and router market.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reduction consists of 2,100 employees who have elected to take
>> early
>>>>> retirement and 4,400 who will be laid off. Cisco noted that the
>>>>> ranks
>> of
>>>>> vice president and above will experience a 15% reduction in force
>>>>> and
>>> the
>>>>> full-time, regular workforce a 9% reduction. Those in the U.S. and
>>> Canada
>>>>> will get the word in the first week of August. Other global
>>>>> workforce reductions will occur soon after in compliance with
>>>>> local regulations, Cisco officials said.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/switches/231002
>>>>> 056
>>>>>
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