Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Program Manager?

Program Manager professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 526 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Program Manager Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Program Manager interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Program Manager employees well?

Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 526 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Program Manager salaries at Cisco.

How happy are Program Manager professionals working at Cisco?

68% of Program Manager employees at Cisco would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 10% in the past 12 months. Program Manager professionals have also rated Cisco with a 4.3 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.8 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3677) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (596) , Network Consulting Engineer (497) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (352) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2842 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2710 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2108 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1231 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1141 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"frequent reorgs and layoffs made environment more toxic" ((in 1953 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 889 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 643 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 203 reviews)); "Lack of clarity from senior management on direction of business" ((in 152 reviews))

Cisco Program Manager reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

58% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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Manager Program Manager employees have rated Cisco with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 526 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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526 reviews

3.0

May 17, 2014

Good flexibilty a bit relaxed enviornment

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Pros

Very accomodative , understandigly management lot of flexibilty once you established yourself. Training opportunities are lot, Easy to roatate the job within the company. Very good company for working mothers .

Cons

Less growth Bonuses are not sure . Frequent Layoff . Lot of processes which kills the any innovation passion.

3.0

May 11, 2014

Still good but best days are behind it

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Pros

Lots of smart people that are mostly, very hard working. Good work/life balance (for most) with plenty of tools to help get that done. Pretty good benefits. Good lateral move possibilities.

Cons

Stock options are worthless. Raises are few and far between and RSU (Reserve Stock Units) and cash awards are becoming more and more rare. Company is slowly evolving into IBM; people are commodities, everything is assessed on cost/value and layoffs are a regular occurrence. Can't develop software products...horrible. Company is having a hard time realizing it isn't in a high margin hardware, "nobody ever gets fired for buying Cisco" kind of company. This is a big old supertanker and it takes FOREVER for it to change direction. Unfortunately most of its competition are in super fast speedboats.

2.0

May 2, 2014

Mixed experience

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Pros

Good benefits, opportunities to solve complex problems..

Cons

Too much politics; Recognizes who follows the management than who delivers value to the company..

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