"Looking for recommendations right away in (software engineering). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, "added the affected employee. The article claims that some people requested advice on finding new jobs and others requested details on severance compensation. However, Cisco did say in a statement that it "didn't take this choice lightly" and that it would provide individuals affected with considerable support, including significant severance compensation. Cisco reported $13.6 billion in revenue in its first quarter earnings report (Q1 2023) last month, an increase of 6% over the previous year.
Cisco's chairman and CEO, Chuck Robbins, promised to withhold specific information about layoffs "Be hesitant to go into great detail until we can speak with them. What we're doing, in my opinion, is rightsizing some businesses ". He had previously informed the analysts, "You can just assume that we're going to — we're not actually — there's nothing that's a lesser priority, but we are rightsizing certain businesses. The action was referred to as a "rebalancing" move by Scott Herren, the chief financial officer at Cisco.