Digital communications tech giant Cisco Systems will lay off hundreds of employees in the Silicon Valley area starting next month. The company reportedly laid off around 700 workers in various locations from January through May.

A total of 123 employees will be laid off at a Milpitas address, while 227 others will be let go at a San Jose address, as per a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing received by the California state last week. The layoffs will take effect on Oct. 16, the company said.

It is unclear which departments will be affected by the October layoffs. Cisco did not immediately respond to International Business Times' request for comment.

Some posts on the anonymous layoffs discussion board, The Layoffs, were critical of the recent round of workforce cuts. One user said Cisco demands loyalty from employees, but "there is no loyalty to employees."

The San Jose-based tech company has laid off an estimated 700 workers in different locations from January through May 2023, as per research data from The San Francisco Standard. Cisco eliminated around 4,000 jobs between January 2022 and January 2023, the outlet reported.

Social media posts about layoffs at Cisco emerged in July, with some posts claiming that data center and security units were affected by the cuts, as per Fierce Telecom.

Following the report's publication, Cisco confirmed that it implemented workforce reductions as part of a November announcement regarding plans to cut 4,000 jobs.

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