Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,668 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,668 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
5.0
Feb 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cisco offers reasonable pay, ranked as top 25 paid company by CNN. Good name recognition. 4 weeks vacation. No major layoffs or RIF yet.

Cons

Long hours: 9 am - 7 pm. Might be common in bay area, but it's two hours more compared with east coast. The company headquarter sites in San Jose, a very expensive area.

5.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation (both salary and benefits), exposure to new technologies (everything continuously changes) opportunity to move to different roles (given the breadth of products and number of organizations, there are continuous opportunities for change). Depending on your manager - and out of 7 managers, I've only had 1 bad manager - you are given a goal and allowed to achieve that goal.

Cons

It has become a big company with a lot of overhead and process. Some process is good, but as it grows and evolves the process gets in the way of getting the job done. At corporate there is too much politics. When I started at Cisco, there was a feeling we were a conglomerate of start-ups. That feeling is gone. I've only had one manager who severely over committed the available resources making my life miserable.

5.0
Oct 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Virtual work environment and flexibility

Cons

Long hours. It is difficult to find bandwidth in some jobs to be able to work on new skills and personal growth.

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