#LoveWhereYouWork
Fighting Kid’s Cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation
What’s a girl with a head full of purple hair to do when she’s fiercely passionate about fighting children’s cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation? Well, for this girl with purple hair – she signs up to shave it all off. Yep, you read that right. This time, next year, I’ll be bald. This promise…
Do you Love Where YOU Work? #WeAreCisco and We Do!
Who’s excited to see the winners of the second annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork employee photo contest? (Me! ✋ Me! ✋ Me! ✋ ) There were 1300 entries. We know. We counted. (Many times.) There were 1100 entries from Twitter and Instagram, and several hundred entered in t…
What Kept Me Going
I got asked a lot of questions after my last blog post, How I Found My Cisco Family. The most popular seemed to be, “What kept you going?” And every time I heard those words I would have to pause and wonder…could it really be just one thing? Yes, my life was difficult. My mother was a drug addict, w…
Bridging the Technology Gap with Age Action
We have all, likely, struggled from time to time with explaining technology to our grandparents – or, even our parents, older siblings, aunts and uncles. From, “What’s email?” and “How do I copy and paste, again?” to “Do I have The Google?” and “Why do I want to know about this Facebook thing?” they…
“My Picture is On Our Careers Site” – Employees Share Their Experience
If you’ve heard little rumblings in the universe about a new careers website for Cisco – they’re true! We’ve launched a brand new site! Why did we do this? What went into the new design? Who is this site for? We’re about to answer all those questions and more! For the past year, Cisco’s Talent Br…
Cisco Helps Me to Help Haiti
What makes Cisco different? It’s not rare for companies to allow some time for volunteering and giving back, yet Cisco goes above and beyond and truly adheres to the mantra, “Giving back is in our DNA.” The difference – Cisco allows me (along with all of their full time employees) the unique opportu…
Happy Employee Appreciation Day Cisconians!
The calendar is filled with “fun” holidays, Cookie Day, Chocolate Cake Day (mmm, I’m hungry now,) Talk Like a Pirate Day and more. However, Friday, March 3rd might be the bestest holiday EVAH! Why? Because it’s Employee Appreciation Day! This isn’t just a Cisco holiday, it’s an “everywhere” holiday.…
How Mary Poppins Found her Inner Wonder Woman
People tend to call me because I’m a blend of helpful and optimistic – you might say a caffeine free way to start your day. So when the phone rang, and I was asked to be part of a well-being initiative Cisco was introducing in our EMEAR region – my Mary Poppins nature kicked in with a quick, “Yes!…
Valentine’s Day: #LoveWhereYouWork Edition
Happy Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air. Especially when you #LoveWhereYouWork! The second annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork contest is in full swing, and employees are CRUSHING on last year’s number of entries. In 2016 over 1000 photos were submitted in the month of February, and this year in…
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