Cisco Associate Solution Engineer reviews

Depending on what part of the company you work for then your working experiences are different. This is highly sales focussed company, Services are a poor relation and often driven with cost reductions. TAC are well funded thanks to lucrative support renewals. Cisco is far too US focussed, almost ALL the new VP's and SVP's are American, with American strategies which only work in the US. Cost reduction appears to be high on the agenda and this impacts all aspects for a number of years now. Morale is poor and the People Deal they published is farcical considering the number of layoffs they constantly keep making. Promotions have not been communicated or transparent for a long, long time. No clear or defined career ladder either, this depends on what accounts and projects you get attached to tbh. Cisco appears to be trying to regenerate into a more youthful company to reduce costs but have lost a tremendous amount of industry experience and skills in doing so. Innovation is primarily hardware focussed. Very poor long term strategy or investment in Services, where the financials take precedence over quality, efficiency and innovation. Remote workers are VERY remote, hardly getting to see colleagues at all for years. I never saw my Manager face to face for three years! Get used to days and days siting on Webex calls.

Too much politics within upper management. Constant change in leadership and direction