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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,626 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,626 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cisco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      34K reviews
      1.0
      May 22, 2014

      if you want a good paycheck

      Business operations manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      profitable sure and great technology. great benefits helps. work/life balance with possibility to work from home, supported by collaborating tools.

      Cons

      declining....not a market leader but mediocre follower. lousy execution hidden behind smoking mirrors. too many management layers and even worse, poor management (decisions).

      1.0
      Mar 29, 2014

      Completely incompetent and oblivious management

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work/life balance. Bonuses were reasonably good until this year.

      Cons

      When on the same week the company announces a layoff of 5000 employees, you also have the CEO reporting record compensation for himself, it tends to affect motivation within. Cisco has a tendency of putting or promoting under-qualified individuals in key roles. At this point I feel the company is in an irreversible downward spiral. Many executives are jumping ship in the face of Software Defined Networking and the disruption it represents to Cisco's fat margins on its core product line.

      1.0
      Mar 8, 2014

      Bad News

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It was nice to telecommute so many days out of the week.

      Cons

      It probably sounds like sour grapes, but anyone considering reviews should be aware of the issues too and decide for themselves what to do. There are some people in charge of other people in the Service organization that are abusive and unreasonable. I was cautioned by a recruiter about their reputations (in writing), but it was even worse than he admitted. They have no idea what they are doing. Seriously. There is no way working under them that you can be successful. It was an unfortunate experience and tops the list of bad news. In a large company bad apples can hide for a long time and cause a lot of damage, all around.

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