No future for Cisco

This time even I am out on the job market after a stint at Dunzo. It appears that the market is slowly starting to get better. Please provide the names of companies along with the specific job roles or functions they currently have open for hiring. Hopefully, some links and referrals for all of us.

I have recently left Cisco. This post is a rant on how i feel while leaving I worked at CCBU. A department which is filled with incompetent dev and even more incompetent managers. Not surprisingly all employee were Wipro contractors who became full time due to sheer amount of time spent. Managers expect you to lick their ass to get promoted. Since i am non ass licker employee, i was never in his good books. While resigning my manager threatened that he will extend my notice period and gave me tasks to finish off if I "ever" wanted to leave I feel very happy leaving such shitty place. I wish never to return here again. At my tenure my growth has been negative, and I became lazy. Now trying to get out of this lazy zone in my next company Ps- I know there are good parts of Cisco as well. I just happened to be in the wrong part. This post is me venting out about my experiences. This is just personal opinion

Is it true that CISCO is going to lay off 7% of its employees? Why are there so many layoffs happening in these times? Is technology taking our jobs?

https://www.reuters.com/business/cisco-cut-thousands-jobs-it-seeks-focus-high-growth-areas-sources-2024-02-09/

As it goes for any company acquisition, Juniper folks should be wary of massive layoffs coming their way. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/01/09/hpe-to-buy-juniper-networks-in-14-billion-all-cash-deal.html

Got an offer from Oracle India Bangalore office. Want to know what is culture and benefits like. Thanks in advance Still negotiating compensation so dont have any numbers to share

How was experience getting laid ;)

What are the top companies in India to work for in India? I look for the following factors. 1. Great Product and continuous innovation 2. Awesome work culture where talent is rewarded and help them to grow 3. Humility in leadership and always inspire and create leaders. 4. Great benefits in terms of salary, bonuses, talent retention, flexibility on internal movement, great health care.

I was laid off in February. Finally after 2.5 months of boring interviews and life, landed a job. Today was Day 1. I was outside India for a while doing crazy stuffs. I returned in June and then started applying. Here is the summary. 1. Lots of applicants in the job market. Every job would attract 1000s of applicants 2. Most jobs require high experience - 5+ 3. Applying and finding companies who are hiring is tough. 4. Emailed everyone in network, took referrals from all friends, took referrals from LinkedIn (very low response), Applied on instahyre, Wrote to startup founders, applied Wellfound, Workday(worst of all), Naukri 5. Startups are the worst - gave petty assignments and ghosted after getting solution. Had to follow up multiple times but to no avail. They ate my whole 1 month 6. Some interviews were different - in one I had to code in python very fast. That's it. Wasn't selected as I was looking up for syntax on internet. 7. Overall it was a very boring and tiring process. I somehow maintained my sanity. YoE- 2 TC- 29L ( Base +PF)