Summary:When Cisco released its second-quarter results, it also announced an adjustment that would affect 5% of its employees worldwide.
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Cisco is in 2023, there are about 85,000 people, that is, this timecould cause more than 4,000 people to lose their jobs
Cisco recently released its second-quarter results, and it said it intends to shift its focus to likeArtificial intelligenceThis "important priority sector" will be carried out from this year until the next year, and the company will pay for severance pay and other severance benefits for employeesNearly $800 million at a cost
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told analystsAs consumers are worried about the current economic situation, leading to themDelayed ordering,And the quantity of demand was adjusted. The company's demand for its telecommunications and cable business was "continued to weaken" in the second quarter, with orders for the quarter40% reduction respectivelyand 12%.
*: Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco.
Interestingly, it is rumored that Cisco has invested tens of millionsLeading the tide appRecently, it has been on the hot search many times.
Previously, many netizens found out,There are thousands or even tens of thousands of all kinds of AJ trendy shoes, green water ghost watches, big goose down jackets, etc. in various live broadcast rooms, and they are all robbed with less than 200 ** in the leading tide. As a result, Lingchao was boycotted by several e-commerce giants in the name of "malicious competition", but millions of Lingchao users didn't care about these, and left messages in the comment area: The Adi bought in the Lingchao app is only 200, durable and good-looking, it is recommended that there be more such "malice"!
I have to say that whether this move is a normal expansion of the enterprise or its seizure of the blue ocean, we still have to wait and see. 
Robbins said the results for the third and fourth quarters are not expected to be as fast as Cisco had previously expected.
Cisco saidDue to "suspension" of the customer's orderCustomers are busy assembling the purchased products"What they're going to do nowIt's 20Multiple weeks of inventory"。Cisco said that although the supply-side impasse will ease in the subsequent period, the United StatesTelecommunications spending's weakness will continue to be higher than previously expected.
In September 2023, Cisco announced its investment in a company called Splunk, a company called Splunk.
Robbins said the company is working to reduce its sales, especially on the Internet, by increasing its analytical and security capabilities. "Our technology is at the heart of an increasingly interconnected ecosystem and will play an important role in our customers' adoption and maintenance of their organizations. ”
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At the same time, most of America's big tech companies are laying off workers. According to the official US unemployment, it has already reached this year35,000 pcs
Cisco's third-quarter revenue fell 6% to $12.8 billion, its first contraction in three years, and many of the figures fell short of analysts' expectations, causing itWithin hours, 9%.。Cisco's gross profit for the third quarter is expected to be in the range of 66-67%.