Cisco cut 471 Bay Area jobs today. Record revenue. $9B in AI orders. The CEO said one year ago AI wouldn't cost jobs.

Cisco just filed WARN notices for 471 Bay Area jobs.

236 in San Jose. 154 in Milpitas. 81 in San Francisco. Effective July 13.

This is the local piece of a 4,000-person global cut announced in May.

Record revenue: $15.8 billion. Up 12% year over year.

$5.3 billion in AI infrastructure orders already booked. Full-year AI order forecast raised to $9 billion.

And the CEO is cutting jobs anyway.

One year ago, Chuck Robbins told media he didn't "see Cisco using AI as an excuse to reduce headcount."

Nine months later, he's eliminating 4,000 roles while telling employees the company needs "the discipline to continuously shift investment toward areas where demand and long-term value creation are strongest."

The savings fund silicon, optics, security, and "employees' use of AI across the company."

Cisco's CPO Jeetu Patel says they're "always short" of technical talent. They need more people in silicon, cyber, and networking.

Translation: the cuts aren't about saving money. They're about changing who works here.

The remaining 90,000 employees will be smaller in number, more expensive per head, and expected to ship AI-native products at 2x the throughput.

If your CEO made promises about AI and headcount in 2025, check if those promises survived 2026.

If your AI revenue isn't growing while your workforce is, you're next on the chopping block.

Audit your department's role mix against your company's AI order book today.

SOURCE: https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/cisco-bay-area-layoffs-22321058.php
VERIFIED: SDxCentral (June 26), SF Chronicle (June 25), Cisco blog (May 13)
SIGNAL: Cisco joins Oracle, Meta, and Microsoft in the record-revenue-plus-mass-layoffs playbook. The contradiction between CEO promises and WARN filings is the story every workforce leader needs to confront.

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TITLE: Cisco just filed WARN notices for 471 Bay Area jobs. Record revenue. $9B in AI orders. CEO said one year ago AI wouldn't cost jobs.

BODY:

Cisco just confirmed 471 Bay Area job cuts in WARN filings.

236 at San Jose HQ.
154 at Milpitas.
81 in San Francisco.
Effective July 13.

This is the local breakdown of a 4,000-person global cut.

Record quarterly revenue: $15.8 billion. Up 12% year over year.

$5.3 billion in AI infrastructure orders already booked this fiscal year. Full-year AI order forecast raised to $9 billion.

And Chuck Robbins is cutting jobs anyway.

One year ago, he told media he didn't "see Cisco using AI as an excuse to reduce headcount."

Nine months later, he's eliminating 4,000 roles while writing to employees about "the discipline to continuously shift investment toward areas where demand and long-term value creation are strongest."

The savings fund silicon, optics, security, and "employees' use of AI across the company."

Cisco's CPO Jeetu Patel says they're "always short" of technical talent. They need more people in silicon, cyber, and networking.

The cuts aren't about saving money. They're about changing who works here.

The remaining 90,000 employees will be fewer in number, more expensive per head, and expected to ship AI-native products at 2x the throughput.

If your CEO made promises about AI and headcount in 2025, check if those promises survived 2026.

If your AI revenue isn't growing while your workforce is, you're next.

Audit your department's role mix against your company's AI order book today.