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4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(33,605 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 33,605 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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2.0
Aug 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits - PTO, Health, Dental, Vision insurance. Gives you a solid grounding in Networking Ample of learning opportunities Work+Life Balance Good, Smart Co-workers

Cons

Too much politics at each level. Products and projects get canned, not because they don't make strategic sense, but because of political alignments. Products get built, again, not because they make strategic sense, but because of political alignments. People can get stuck in their positions for a long time. As some other reviewer said, promotions are based on who licks best. Too much process. Also, too many new hires in terms of recent college grads. Over a half of them are not even worth hiring. If the BUs were given a choice to hire people, I am sure, more than half of them would be rejects.

3.0
Aug 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company reputation Flexibility in work schedules

Cons

- Its all about who you know not what you know - Poor rewards and recognition process - Employees that have been with the company for years have very low comp ratios, so they get prioritized to receive adjustments ahead of newer employees. This doesn't seem to be a very fair process for newer employees that are doing good work.

4.0
Aug 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The caliber of people you work with. Large company with lot's of opportunities to move and to grow professionally. Many job types to suit all kinds of lifestyles. Financially healthy with a respectful management provides for a harmonious work environment.

Cons

Globalization means long days, a bit of herd mentality is creeping in - be careful with better together slogan some people interpret it to mean everyone doing the same thing

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