Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 3,625 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 3,625 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Cisco.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Cisco?

78% of Software Engineer employees at Cisco would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 6% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Cisco with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3677) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (596) , Network Consulting Engineer (497) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (352) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2842 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2710 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2108 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1231 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1141 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"frequent reorgs and layoffs made environment more toxic" ((in 1953 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 889 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 643 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 203 reviews)); "Lack of clarity from senior management on direction of business" ((in 152 reviews))

Cisco Software Engineer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,625 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer || employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,625 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer || professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer || professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews

1.0

Jan 12, 2013

Un compassionate environment

Software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are no Plus points with this company

Cons

Very Unfriendly work environment. If Manager is happy, then your job and salary is cool, else, it sucks. Managers work on Bias basis , favorites get good projects to work. It has kiss - A** culture. Webex is supposed to encourage tele commute, but at the work place, they don't allow work from home. Well on paper it's allowed, but if you are not on good terms with your manager, it's not allowed.

4.0

Jan 11, 2013

Stable Place to Gain Experience

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learned foundations of computer networking Got very good at debugging software Got visibility into company operations Good coworkers

Cons

Lots of corporate politicking in upper management Mergers and layoffs resulted from misaligned, redundant, and competing business units

2.0

Jan 5, 2013

Choice program has an achilles heel

Software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

In the ios group for my internship at hq, it went very well. Had a good manager. Worked with people that great to work with.

Cons

Other location (Richardson for me) may be different. For my full time offer I chose Richardson for a combination of cost of living and family living in the area. All the good of the internship, the full time was opposite. My manager had described his group as having what I wanted, but it wasn't close. Not sure who to talk to, I spoke with the local choice program rep and was directed to another manager that just told I had to have been mistaken of the group I chose. So I found another job and left, just before I left I found out that I should have talked to normal HR and not anyone from the choice program about the false advertising of my group

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