Cisco Software Engineer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,625 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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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4.0
Oct 16, 2012

Awesome

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexibility, good people, responsibilities and excellent culture

Cons

too much hierarchy and decision making slow

4.0
Oct 12, 2012

Balanced work life

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Each can get as much work as he is willing, comfortable and capable of taking up. - No work pressure. - Very good work life balance. - Very flexible (Work From Home, flexible timings of work hours, etc.)

Cons

- Time based promotion pattern. Need to spend a fixed amount of time at a grade irrespective of how well you perform before you are eligible for a promotion. - Slow growth. - Most quality work is done in the HQ at San Jose.

4.0
Oct 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

possibilities to learn new technologies. Good work culture. Decent pay scale.

Cons

Promotions are bit tough. Difficult to get individual recognition since company volume is huge.

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