Cisco Systems announces mass layoffs

Posted on 23 Aug 2016 by Michael Cruickshank

Communications equipment manufacturer Cisco Systems announced last week a large staff reduction as part of a business pivot.

All up, the company will cut 5,500 jobs, a figure which represents around 7% of Cisco’s global workforce. Currently there is no word on when these layoffs will be concluded, however according to a company press release; they will begin in the first quarter of 2017. This is the forth such mid-year announcement of job…

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