Cisco lays off 5,600 employees — August 9, 2024
Cisco, a infrastructure company based in United States, laid off 5,600 employees on August 9, 2024. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/
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