Comments on: Cisco To Shut Down For 4 Days At Year End http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Even Bigger Nightmare On Tech Street | 4 entrepreneur http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-918996 Even Bigger Nightmare On Tech Street | 4 entrepreneur Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:27:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-918996 <p>[...] in orders from his end customers affects his business. Closer to home in Silicon Valley, companies like Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and Adobe (ADBE) are shutting down for the holidays to save money. [...]</p> [...] in orders from his end customers affects his business. Closer to home in Silicon Valley, companies like Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and Adobe (ADBE) are shutting down for the holidays to save money. [...]

]]> By: Even Bigger Nightmare On Tech Street http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-918873 Even Bigger Nightmare On Tech Street Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-918873 <p>[...] in orders from his end customers affects his business. Closer to home in Silicon Valley, companies like Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Adobe are shutting down for the holidays to save [...]</p> [...] in orders from his end customers affects his business. Closer to home in Silicon Valley, companies like Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Adobe are shutting down for the holidays to save [...]

]]> By: Stardust Global Ventures » Extinction Events Don’t Just Hit the Yucatán Peninsula http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-917528 Stardust Global Ventures » Extinction Events Don’t Just Hit the Yucatán Peninsula Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:23:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-917528 <p>[...] Cisco To Shut Down For 4 Days At Year End [...]</p> [...] Cisco To Shut Down For 4 Days At Year End [...]

]]> By: Gray Market Will Give Cisco & Dell The Blues - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-916839 Gray Market Will Give Cisco & Dell The Blues - GigaOM Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:30:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-916839 <p>[...] are in trouble. Cisco has been preparing for rough seas for a while now and recently confirmed that it would shut down its business for four days at end of 2008. They have also suspended some events and participation in large trade [...]</p> [...] are in trouble. Cisco has been preparing for rough seas for a while now and recently confirmed that it would shut down its business for four days at end of 2008. They have also suspended some events and participation in large trade [...]

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-916238 Chris Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:02:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-916238 <p>"For first time in its history the company is going to shut down for four days at the end of the year"</p> <p>"While this is not our first year-end shutdown as we followed this longstanding Silicon Valley practice in our early years as a company"</p> <p>The author did not read the quote he used.... please brush up on basic journalism, or basic reading.</p> “For first time in its history the company is going to shut down for four days at the end of the year”

“While this is not our first year-end shutdown as we followed this longstanding Silicon Valley practice in our early years as a company”

The author did not read the quote he used…. please brush up on basic journalism, or basic reading.

]]> By: Year-end Shutdown for Cisco « Never the Bright Lights http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-916152 Year-end Shutdown for Cisco « Never the Bright Lights Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:25:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-916152 <p>[...] Cisco Shutdown [...]</p> [...] Cisco Shutdown [...]

]]> By: Mitch http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-915914 Mitch Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:18:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-915914 <p>This is not really new. I worked at Cisco for nearly 10 years starting in 1996. There were at least 2 other occasions I can remember when employees were required to take vacation time. While Cisco didn't do an official shut down (i.e. specify the days that had to be taken as vacation), they did require that everyone took 4 or more days of PTO time during the holidays.</p> This is not really new. I worked at Cisco for nearly 10 years starting in 1996. There were at least 2 other occasions I can remember when employees were required to take vacation time. While Cisco didn’t do an official shut down (i.e. specify the days that had to be taken as vacation), they did require that everyone took 4 or more days of PTO time during the holidays.

]]> By: A.T. http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-915242 A.T. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:43:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-915242 <p>Cisco plans and schedules it, sends people to paid vacation, manufacturing costs are cut, everything rescaled down to demand -- everybody are happy, including investors, apart... yes, apart competitors who didn't do that :)</p> Cisco plans and schedules it, sends people to paid vacation, manufacturing costs are cut, everything rescaled down to demand — everybody are happy, including investors, apart… yes, apart competitors who didn’t do that :)

]]> By: aktuelle Infos 2008-11-28 : VitoNet http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-915146 aktuelle Infos 2008-11-28 : VitoNet Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:31:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-915146 <p>[...] nicht nur die Auto-Industrie hat es erwischt. Auch Cisco muss eine Notbremsung machen. Man wird zum Jahresende 4 Tage komplett schließen. Quelle: GigaOM [...]</p> [...] nicht nur die Auto-Industrie hat es erwischt. Auch Cisco muss eine Notbremsung machen. Man wird zum Jahresende 4 Tage komplett schließen. Quelle: GigaOM [...]

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914779 Victor Blake Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914779 <p>Cisco has been doing this on and off for years. If you read what you published -- Chambers said so himself. Of course it does save money and it makes him look good to investors.</p> <p>If I were a CEO right now, I'd take advantage of the opportunity to thin the fields while I were at it. The first step is to scare the wits of employees and investors ...</p> Cisco has been doing this on and off for years. If you read what you published — Chambers said so himself. Of course it does save money and it makes him look good to investors.

If I were a CEO right now, I’d take advantage of the opportunity to thin the fields while I were at it. The first step is to scare the wits of employees and investors …

]]> By: Year-end Shutdown for Cisco « Let’s Get Retarded http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914742 Year-end Shutdown for Cisco « Let’s Get Retarded Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:35:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914742 <p>[...] Cisco Shutdown [...]</p> [...] Cisco Shutdown [...]

]]> By: Joe Mescher http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914715 Joe Mescher Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:49:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914715 <p>I remember listening to NPR describe HP's stock climbing in a down market.</p> <p>Is HP cornering market share while Cisco treads water? Well let me share a quick story:</p> <p>When I worked at a major IT reseller from 2004-2006 HP 'spiffed' the hell out of their networking equipment (not uncommon). The difference for HP was their ability to realize volume discounts and a longview for positioning themselves as a networking partner.</p> <p>Shutdown? Couldn't they at least called it an 'Employee Recognition Time Off'?</p> I remember listening to NPR describe HP’s stock climbing in a down market.

Is HP cornering market share while Cisco treads water? Well let me share a quick story:

When I worked at a major IT reseller from 2004-2006 HP ’spiffed’ the hell out of their networking equipment (not uncommon). The difference for HP was their ability to realize volume discounts and a longview for positioning themselves as a networking partner.

Shutdown? Couldn’t they at least called it an ‘Employee Recognition Time Off’?

]]> By: 22 different ways to run Cisco « Shakeout’s Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914711 22 different ways to run Cisco « Shakeout’s Blog Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:41:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914711 <p>[...] The company is now in the news for its planned New Year shutdown to help trim €1bn of costs (link). In last month’s earnings call, it announced that it is expecting Q2 2009 revenue to be down [...]</p> [...] The company is now in the news for its planned New Year shutdown to help trim €1bn of costs (link). In last month’s earnings call, it announced that it is expecting Q2 2009 revenue to be down [...]

]]> By: Technology news - Techvibes Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914699 Technology news - Techvibes Blog Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:02:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914699 <p>[...] GigaOM, Cisco, the company that likely made most of the routers that delivered this page to you, announced [...]</p> [...] GigaOM, Cisco, the company that likely made most of the routers that delivered this page to you, announced [...]

]]> By: Cisco imposes week-long US and Canada operations shutdown to slash spending — Channel Marker http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914697 Cisco imposes week-long US and Canada operations shutdown to slash spending — Channel Marker Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:46:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914697 <p>[...] his fiscal year ’09 Q1 report, Chambers said the company would reduce expenses by $1 billion, slashing travel and [...]</p> [...] his fiscal year ’09 Q1 report, Chambers said the company would reduce expenses by $1 billion, slashing travel and [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://gigaom.com/2008/11/25/cisco-to-shut-down-for-4-days-at-year-end/#comment-914690 Nathan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:51:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30246#comment-914690 <p>@Om Malik No, I worked at Synopsys from 2000 - 2005. The summer before I left they did a shutdown around Independence Day too with forced vacation time (or leave without pay if you had no vacation time).</p> <p>Fun times. Glad I moved on.</p> @Om Malik No, I worked at Synopsys from 2000 – 2005. The summer before I left they did a shutdown around Independence Day too with forced vacation time (or leave without pay if you had no vacation time).

Fun times. Glad I moved on.

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