Cisco's Chambers threatens to take jobs, growth to Canada -TechWire Insider

Posted Nov. 14, 2012 at 7:58 a.m.

Cisco's Chambers threatens to take jobs, growth to Canada

John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Image 1 of 2 · Next Image…

By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor

Tags: Opinion Analysis, Cisco, Broadband, Internet

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer at Cisco, bluntly declares that his company will take jobs and investments overseas if tax policy changes aren't made in the U.S. Will Washington listen?

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Chambers is a pig plain and simple, Robme lost and now he's pushing Canada as the place to go. I measure a CEO by what he's done for the company. Since 2000 every time he opened his mouth, we lost people in the company and the stock lost value. Yes, he's a great CEO (Not)

anonymous
February 18, 2013 8:04 p.m.

Yes, it's horrible when people want the companies they work for to be able to keep the money that they earned instead of letting the government steal it.

anonymous
November 15, 2012 9:48 p.m.

Amusing to hear a CEO pout. He's going to take his ball and go elsewhere unless we do what he wants, which is drop tons of money in his lap.

anonymous
November 14, 2012 9:53 a.m.

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