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 3,624 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 3,624 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 (3676) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (605) , Account Manager (594) , Network Consulting Engineer (495) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (353) , 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 2828 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2688 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2119 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1230 reviews)); "Good compensation and pay." ((in 1119 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and yearly hikes were low" ((in 1920 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 882 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 635 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 196 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 180 reviews))

Cisco Software Engineer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,624 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer || employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,624 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

4.0

Dec 18, 2010

Stable work-life balance and a good place for fresh graduates

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The cisco choice program is an excellent programs which gives the new grads the option of choosing the group that they want to work for. Also, being a large company, there are hundreds of internal opportunities and hence you need not look for a new job outside the company very often :-).

Cons

Being a large company, things are slow and old fashioned for the Gen-Y. Cisco is a marketing/sales driven company rather than a engineering driven company which makes things a little slower from technology perspective. Promotions and professional growth is slower as most of the management is made of technical leads who do not know much about managing people.

3.0

Dec 16, 2010

one has to be too good technically or too good in speaking junk stuff and butter manager.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technical growth and job satisfaction are there when the manager has technical background and good knowledge of the product. one gets to work on real time issues.

Cons

If the manager is not that technical, its hard to work under them. The manager doesnt understand the complexity of issue. And trivial customer issues are communicated to manager as critical issues and engineers are rewarded for that with promotions and cisco spark awards. The more junk stuff one talks in meetings, the more eligible is he for promotion. Speak non sense and ask same questions in all meetings and one gets visibility for that. And with that visibility promotions are decided. Engineer has to go through emotional trauma when he is given bottom 10% or bottom 5% rating. If one isnt communicating with manager well, give him bottom 10%. An engineer from every team has to be in bottom 10% every year. This is absolute non-sense. -ve work atmosphere , where in all employees are made to find faults with others , highlight that to manage and get themselves rewarded and be in a safe zone during appraisal.

3.0

Dec 5, 2010

Software Engineer Cisco

Software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very flexible with time management.

Cons

Company has limited growth opportunity.

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