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?

82% 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 (3670) , Senior Software Engineer (1003) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (604) , Account Manager (593) , Network Consulting Engineer (494) , Systems Engineer (463) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (418) , Business Analyst (413) , Technical Leader (353) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (324)

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

"The culture is great and the in person offices were very cool" ((in 2849 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2692 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2135 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1216 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1125 reviews))

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

"frequent reorgs and layoffs made environment more toxic" ((in 1959 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 877 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 643 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 181 reviews)); "Lack of clarity from senior management on direction of business" ((in 153 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cisco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cisco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cisco in 2026.

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4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(33,626 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 33,626 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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1.0

Oct 26, 2013

Good company but terrible management

Programs manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair salary and compensation. Nice to have option to work from home.

Cons

Some of the most arrogant and ill trained managers in the industry. The idea of managers at Cisco is if you are a skilled NCE, you are a good manager. Managers are empowered to do everything right or wrong and they have the practice of hiring very young managers who may have excelled in the field. The management style is like in the army, generals talk to generals and no one cares or listens otherwise. Emails never get responded and no one listens to voicemail. One of the most arrogant companies to work for and it takes months or years to implement a program

2.0

Oct 11, 2013

CEO gets huge salary increase while laying off 4,000+ employees

Human resources manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large enough that there are many opportunities to move jobs within the company. Flexible work practices using Cisco technology

Cons

company leaders still struggle to adjust to a no-growth economic environment. After much angst about the layoffs in 2008, senior management now seems happy to incorporate this as part of their "run the business" strategy, hiring thousands of employees one quarter only to realize 2-3 months later that there are too many employees. HR does not advocate for the Human resources at this organization, they don't even appear to have a seat at the table when decisions are being made.

1.0

Aug 5, 2013

Cisco is loosing its Technical edge

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good Business, Marketing, and Sales experience

Cons

crowded place (Cisco sold 8 buildings on Tasman), and moved all the people to other buildings, separation of classes between full time and contractors (over 20% of employee are actually contractors to 14 vendors). Contractors are chosen base on their acceptance of the lowest hourly rate not their experience. Technologically the company is basically counting on buyout of other companies, and they are mostly counting on good marketing and sells strategy, instead of technological advances.

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