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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,673 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 33,673 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
      2.0
      Mar 11, 2010

      Getting progressively worse each year

      Software engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good balance between family life and work Lots of smart folks, but management inertia makes them loose their enthusiastic and innovative traits. If you do good work that gives visibility to your management, you do get recognition, but dont expect raise or promotions Good place to be if you want to cruise by with no promotions and raises.

      Cons

      Growth is very slow, unless you are under a manager you understands your potential and can utilize your career goals to BU goals and leverage to grow himself.

      3.0
      Mar 10, 2010

      Better on paper than in reality

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco is innovative and profitable. It continues to grow through acquisitions and is continually expanding its "footprint" of products and services. It is considered by some to be one of the best places to work. It offers an exceedingly diverse workforce population in terms of nationalities (primarily Asian and Indian); the compensation and benefits are competitive; there are learning and development opportunities.

      Cons

      Although the company talks about work/life balance, there is an expectation of 24/7 availability, Not surprisingly, there is an extremely heavy emphasis on the use of techology for all purposes (meetings, communication, getting the job done) such that there is limited support offered by people. Each employee is expected to be self-supporting in all areas, including administrative. There is an inordinate number of meetings during which much is discussed but often with little definitive outcome. Participants like to discuss past accomplishments. Finally, as one would expect, the size and decentralized aspect of the company make it difficult to identify and navigate among departments and people. Thus, it takes longer than necessary to accomplish relatively small tasks and can be very frustrating.

      1.0
      Mar 9, 2010

      Bad Place to Work

      Inside sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Average comp Good Product Fun Place to work

      Cons

      Negative environment Cut throat Sexist Un-Fair No career advancement No communication within teams Little cross functional communication Managers do not support their teams

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