Is CCNA still worth? I'm beginning to doubt the value of Cisco as a company.

I know people here are always talking about the CCNA, but I personally haven't seen any jobs in my area ask for it. I've worked for MSPs who don't even use Cisco gear because none of the clients want to pay for it. The insurance giants here (I live in the insurance capitol of the U.S) have started to / have abandoned Cisco due their ecosystem being expensive, and also becoming rather enshitified. Support people hard to reach, long waits for tickets, sometimes jankyness with their tools much like Microsofts, etc

I interviewed at a place where the guy explicitly stated that he feels the knowledge from the CCNA isn't valuable, but the CCNA itself it is a resume booster because it's a difficult exam. This turned me off to the idea of pursuing CCNA altogether, because it just seems like a reason for HR to have high standards. If the guy is a total clown, as is that company - then I'll take that, but hearing someone playdown the CCNA like that just makes it seem like it's a gimmick to me.

Before anyone says that it proves you're compotent IT professional. I met a guy once who was a temp contractor from a random company who had a bunch of certifications, he was still in grad school, and had no work experience. Had the CompTIA certs and CCNA (and a few others), yet the guy was a terrible worker - found him sleeping on the job, and when we were tasked with gathering all the printer IPs, I got an entire floor done in the time he had done one printer bc he was sitting there on his phone. If jackasses like that are getting hired bc they have this certificate over someone who doesn't, then that's a problem.