Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,662 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,662 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
4.0
Nov 7, 2009

Used to be great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great company with great products, strong senior leadership, excellent brand, opportunities to grow depending on how aggressive you are with your career, excellent sales teams, stable - lots of cash, great HQ location.

Cons

Used to be nimble, fun place to work. But over the past 6 years, the company has taken on huge, multi-year business improvement projects that have created massive middle management that is incompetent, territorial, siloed, the result being millions of dollars are being spent with no proven result. Company spends millions on top management consultants for no conceivable return on investment. Too many boards and councils have made the company extremely slow. Great strategies but it is difficult to operationalize due to the incompetent management.

1.0
Nov 5, 2009

Career Killer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is incredibly stable and nothing will ever happen. Its great if you want to make sure you have job and income stability.

Cons

Just like the pro, nothing ever happens. You will not advance despite your skills and performance. They are a merger company and gain talent through acquisitions. Unless you are upper management avoid at all costs.

4.0
Nov 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have a lot of latitude in how to do my job--I don't have to use processes or tools that aren't optimal because that is policy. Cisco is also really supportive of parents; I never get flak about working at home or leaving early to care for my son.

Cons

It's so big that nothing happens quickly. Also, you can go years without a raise.

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