Cisco hiring freeze
Report: Cisco not cutting jobs
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 12/03/08 - 2:16pm.
There are no layoffs planned at Cisco at this time, despite the soft economy, Cisco CEO John Chambers is cited as saying in this Dow Jones story. The story doesn't reference where or when Chambers made this point - or give any quotes. Read more
Cisco Subnet's top 10 Cisco stories of 2008
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 12/01/08 - 7:57pm.What a year it has been watching Cisco. We've waited with bated breath for Cisco's next big acquisition - it has acquired five firms this year but nothing that compares in size to 2007's $3.2 billion purchase of WebEx - reported its first job cuts in years, and saw Cisco introduce a twice-a-year patch schedule for IOS. Read more
Cisco's India globalization center celebrates 1-year anniversary, but hiring freeze clouds celebration
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 12/01/08 - 6:30pm.It's been a year since Cisco Chief Globalization Officer, Wim Elfrink pulled up stakes and moved his family to Bangalore, India, prompting his mother-in-law to ask what the family had done to deserve it. Read more
The cold evidence of Cisco's hiring freeze
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 11/21/08 - 2:27pm.Cisco's total number of job listings plummeted 93% in the last week, according to Aaran Rakers, an analyst at Wachovia Capital Markets who tracks job listings at the networking giant. As reported by Tech Trader Daily, Rakers says that Cisco advertised 1,830 openings a week ago and today it is listing just 128 jobs. Read more
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