Cisco: 471 jobs cut
Cisco announced a significant layoff affecting 471 software engineering and related positions as part of a broader 4,000-person global reduction. The cuts are framed as a realignment to fund AI infrastructure investments, despite the company reporting record revenues. This move highlights the impact of AI on engineering roles, marking a shift in workforce dynamics.
Conservative
0
Core Estimate
353
Upper Bound
471
Sources
Cisco's July 2026 WARN Notice: Why Software Engineers Are Getting Cut First | LayoffReady
Cisco's July 2026 WARN Notice: Why Software Engineers Are Getting Cut First | LayoffReady Back to Blog Share: # Cisco's July 2026 WARN Notice: Why Software Engineers Are Getting Cut First If you're a software engineer and you've been telling yourself "the layoffs are hitting sales and support, not core engineering" — Cisco's latest WARN filing says otherwise. New documents filed with the California Employment Development Department confirm that software engineers absorbed the single deepest