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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,639 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 33,639 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
      3.0
      Apr 7, 2009

      Upper management talks and doesn't hold reports accountable to goals, causing employees to harbor mistrust.

      Software engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco has a very big market cap and plenty of cash on hand. They should be able to weather economic downturns very well. Cisco provides free drinks, enables telecommuting and is very flexible on employee scheduling.

      Cons

      They are removing the free drinks and paid home ISP. Cisco has lost its great culture that it had in the late 1990's, where all management and employees would do what was right for the customer, eschewing ulterior motives. Their upper management is now so diluted with recent newcomers that old company bad behavior has crept in and trickled down. Directors and VPs are not very trusted by the individual contributors and first line managers.

      3.0
      Apr 6, 2009

      Changing the way we live, work and play....but with less excitement and passion

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Breath of products, lots to learn about how technology solutions can be implemented. Chamber is a very charismatic leader that always looks at possibilities; he as definitely a glass half-full exec. Also because there are many different functions, there are more opportunities to try different roles. Health and medical benefits are still quite good(unfortunately employees are asked to shoulder more of the financial burden). The new health center and child care center is STATE of the ART.

      Cons

      Even though we have a great CEO, that charisma does not flow down to most of the executive team. It is a BIG & bureaucratic company now. I was here during the late 1990s boom and a LOT has changed. There's a lot of mid-managers that just suck the life out of you because they don't care about leading, rather they care about managing their own next promotion. Lots of "fringe" benefits that were part of Cisco are slowly being taken away (i.e., free sodas, company paid broadband, etc). Those were nice while they lasted.

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