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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,626 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 33,626 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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      34K reviews
      4.0
      May 21, 2012

      This, too, shall pass

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a given that you'll meet some very smart people at a company like Cisco. What surprises and delights you is meeting and then getting to work closely with the very funny ones who somehow slipped through HR vetting. They bring soul and character and fun to what could otherwise be the beige-est place on earth. They are the basis for all camaraderie at Cisco.

      Cons

      Unrealistic project schedules are alive and well at Cisco. So are fiefdoms and power grabs. So is a congenital inability to staff projects appropriately.

      3.0
      May 21, 2012

      If you don't want to be overworked and underpaid, stay away. Good place to start your career though.

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good place to start your career and to gain corporate experience. Benefits are slightly above average if you land the right position and the environment is extremely flexible when it comes to working hours.

      Cons

      It is an extremely political environment and individual contributors get their careers affected when they don't follow the game, sometimes without even realizing it. Executive leadership has developed this huge EGO that makes it practically impossible for the employee's feedback to be taken into consideration and make effective changes.

      1.0
      Apr 4, 2012

      not good

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      stable job in tough economy

      Cons

      too much politics that employees are not empowered to do anything

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