In reply to Carmen Shirkey Collins.

@Carmen, keep telling yourself and others that the "family" still remains and maybe people will start believing it. Otherwise, stop drinking the company cool-aid.

As you said, a family sticks with you through good times and in bad. Cisco certainly didn't stick with those let go. And these are not "bad" times.

And, by doing annual lay-offs, Cisco is proving that these are no longer "tough decisions", but are becoming a purely financial motivated decision by the bean counters and ELT. Even the termination packages are getting smaller and smaller as the years go by. That's not how you take care of "family".