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It’s unfortunate the author didn’t call out the company by name but I guess I get it. If they did it may elicit some stronger push for change. Unfortunately, a

It’s unfortunate the author didn’t call out the company by name but I guess I get it. If they did it may elicit some stronger push for change. Unfortunately, anonymity can breed some distrust in the content. By calling out the company by name, it may cause others who experienced the same to speak out too.

ponker 6y ago
Based on his LinkedIn, it seems like it might be Cisco.
- akhilcacharya 6y ago
  This isn’t my experience being recruited by Cisco, and it also doesn’t line up with geography (and Cisco is nothing like Hooli). Cisco, at least at a time did invest in A&T and NC State, far more so than UNC which it didn’t recruit from for a period.
  - monksy 6y ago
    Oh god. Cisco. I'd rather be at IBM in RTP.
    - yardie 6y ago
      Say what you will about Cisco licensing (too damn expensive in my opinion) but Cisco has consistently been rated as one of the best tech companies to work for. Which is something no one would say about IBM.
      - bartread 6y ago
        I'd love to know how people working on WebEx rate it because WebEx is the worst, the absolute worst, video and conference calling app I have to use at least semi-regularly. Every time I have to use it I know it's going to waste a huge amount of peoples' time: the first 5 minutes of any meeting are always a shitshow and the audio quality is always terrible throughout. Also, none of us needs to be interrupted by an automated announcement telling us that somebody has turned up 10 minutes late to the meeting - STFU and get out of the damn way of the conversation. It gets trounced by Microsoft Teams. Teams! Think about that! The latecomer to the party that's actually turned into something pretty decent. So I find it really hard to believe that anyone working on WebEx could possibly rate Cisco as a great place to work. A great place to sit around and do sweet F.A., maybe, whilst your userbase seethes and rages, but not a great place to work.
- bottlelion 6y ago
  He said that he went on a trip TO North Carolina. His LinkedIn shows he worked for Cisco in RTP, NC. He then worked for Nutanix and Lyft in Seattle. So more likely it’s one of those two.
  - ponker 6y ago
    Weird, so the Hooli analogy is very strained.
    - zaptrem 6y ago
      Idk, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Hooli is The Hooli Box. At the same time, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Cisco is a similarly nameless box for networking.
    - fouc 6y ago
      Lyft could be considered a Hooli-like entity.
- rachelbythebay 6y ago
  What if it's Lyft? What if things are actually rather broken there? That would be a hell of a thing, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it.
  - bigiain 6y ago
    Are you suggesting that a company that's copying Uber - is copying them right down to the shittiest details of the management culture? (Because, ummmm, I find that very believable...)
    - ponker 6y ago
      Lyft was actually the first entrant in their market.
jojobas 6y ago
"Some distrust", understatement of the last two hours.

ponker 6y ago

Based on his LinkedIn, it seems like it might be Cisco.

akhilcacharya 6y ago
This isn’t my experience being recruited by Cisco, and it also doesn’t line up with geography (and Cisco is nothing like Hooli). Cisco, at least at a time did invest in A&T and NC State, far more so than UNC which it didn’t recruit from for a period.
- monksy 6y ago
  Oh god. Cisco. I'd rather be at IBM in RTP.
  - yardie 6y ago
    Say what you will about Cisco licensing (too damn expensive in my opinion) but Cisco has consistently been rated as one of the best tech companies to work for. Which is something no one would say about IBM.
    - bartread 6y ago
      I'd love to know how people working on WebEx rate it because WebEx is the worst, the absolute worst, video and conference calling app I have to use at least semi-regularly. Every time I have to use it I know it's going to waste a huge amount of peoples' time: the first 5 minutes of any meeting are always a shitshow and the audio quality is always terrible throughout. Also, none of us needs to be interrupted by an automated announcement telling us that somebody has turned up 10 minutes late to the meeting - STFU and get out of the damn way of the conversation. It gets trounced by Microsoft Teams. Teams! Think about that! The latecomer to the party that's actually turned into something pretty decent. So I find it really hard to believe that anyone working on WebEx could possibly rate Cisco as a great place to work. A great place to sit around and do sweet F.A., maybe, whilst your userbase seethes and rages, but not a great place to work.
bottlelion 6y ago
He said that he went on a trip TO North Carolina. His LinkedIn shows he worked for Cisco in RTP, NC. He then worked for Nutanix and Lyft in Seattle. So more likely it’s one of those two.
- ponker 6y ago
  Weird, so the Hooli analogy is very strained.
  - zaptrem 6y ago
    Idk, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Hooli is The Hooli Box. At the same time, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Cisco is a similarly nameless box for networking.
  - fouc 6y ago
    Lyft could be considered a Hooli-like entity.
rachelbythebay 6y ago
What if it's Lyft? What if things are actually rather broken there? That would be a hell of a thing, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it.
- bigiain 6y ago
  Are you suggesting that a company that's copying Uber - is copying them right down to the shittiest details of the management culture? (Because, ummmm, I find that very believable...)
  - ponker 6y ago
    Lyft was actually the first entrant in their market.

jojobas 6y ago

"Some distrust", understatement of the last two hours.