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Cisco CEO warns workers who worry about change that ‘nothing’s going to feel good right now’ with AI

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What happened

Chuck Robbins, the CEO of $415 billion tech company Cisco, urges leaders to not use AI as a “cost-reduction efficiency play” and cut staffers.

Key facts

  • Chuck Robbins, the CEO of $415 billion tech company Cisco, urges leaders to not use AI as a “cost-reduction efficiency play” and cut staffers.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:02:39 UTC.

Why it matters

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  3. Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your job

  4. Cisco CEO warns workers who worry about change that ‘nothing’s going to feel good right now’ with AI

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