Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,628 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,628 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
1.0
Aug 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- 9-5 work day, flexibility with telecommuting - No innovation required - Good place to take a career sabbatical while getting paid

Cons

- Politics rules this place - Too much middle management - Developers and engineers are under achievers and bottom of barrel in industry - No quality control - No innovation - Poor product portfolio - Colleagues are not industry leaders

1.0
Jul 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers were always great. Management left much to be desired. Some new technology explored but that depended on which group you worked in.

Cons

Advancement based on politics and not on performance. 5-10% of workforce routinely let go based on annual forced ranking (you ended up higher in ranking if you were friendlier with decision makers -- individual performance didn't matter). Managers never subjected (fired) based on the 5-10% ranking.

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