Yes, in about 4 months. Winters in San Jose tend to be pretty mild though.

Yes indeed, I've arrived. Thanks for announcing ;)

And its going to get lot worse without company subsidized health insurance.

In fairness, Cisco has offered excellent severance in the past...but then again, they've never done layoffs on this scale

> they've never done layoffs on this scale

in 2k1, if memory serves right, they laid off approx. 10k folks. i would guess, in percentage terms (given at least 10% less employees), it might be similar though...