Cisco layoffs today: Tech giant slashes thousands of jobs as CEO touts record revenue and urgent focus on AI

On Wednesday, Cisco Systems announced impressive quarterly earnings alongside nearly 4,000 job cuts. The dichotomy stemmed from the hardware and networking company’s embrace of a rapidly growing trend in tech: openly admitting that layoffs are due to AI adoption rather than poor performance. “The companies that will win in the AI era will be those with focus, urgency, and the discipline to continuously shift investment toward the areas where demand and long-term value creation are strongest,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told employees in a publicly shared email . “I’m confident Cisco will be one of those winners. This means making hard decisions—about where we invest, how we’re organized, and how our cost structure reflects the opportunity in front of us.” With his announcement, Robbins follows in the footsteps of tech leaders including Block CEO Jack Dorsey and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel , who made similar moves this year. Robbins emphasized that the company will further invest in employees’ A