Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 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 (496) , 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 2848 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2674 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2133 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1222 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1137 reviews))

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

"Frequent restructuring and layoffs specifically targeting ageism" ((in 1937 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 880 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 652 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 200 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 174 reviews))

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,672 total reviews)

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 33,672 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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4.0

Feb 26, 2010

Good company

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great presence in key technology markets. Growing, stable, strong financials. Global perspective. Opportunity to learn about relevant industries and business processes.

Cons

Limited growth opportunities for mid and senior executives. Limited internal product development, so innovation is happening primarily at other small companies.

4.0

Feb 25, 2010

A lot has changed!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trust culture, empowerment, flexibility, opportunity to try new roles, full of very talented people most of whom continually go the extra mile.

Cons

Complete lack of work/life balance, sickening references to "the Cisco family" when people are getting laid off, all of the perks have been removed, no promotions, no salary-increases....and yet the executives are rewarding themselves handsomely. Comes across as a complete lack of respect for their "family members". Big company culture has crept in and it the time to get things done is demoralizing.

4.0

Feb 24, 2010

Wrote Web-based technical documentation.

Technical writer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, could work from home, low-stress, intelligence coworkers reasonably progressive-thinking environment, no micromanagement.

Cons

A massive conglomerate, too large to feel like you were all on one team. Priorities shifted continuously, lots of change in structure of business units. Being away from the home office felt like you had no stake in the company.

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