Cisco

Work-life balance

Remote work

Management focused on new markets and technology

Annual layoffs kill morale.

Salary increases not regular.

The annual layoffs are killing morale. There is some hypocrisy in telling employees how valuable they are, and then announcing a "limited restructuring" every August.

Employees then have to worry if they're going to get axed in October. It's an empty feeling being told you aren't affected, and then learning co-workers who have been affected.

It's becoming an internal joke every August when deliverables come up and hearing someone say, "if I'm still here." Please stop doing this.