Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3670) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (604) , Account Manager (593) , Network Consulting Engineer (495) , Systems Engineer (463) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (418) , Business Analyst (413) , 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 2866 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2658 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2153 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1237 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1137 reviews))

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

"frequent reorgs and layoffs made environment more toxic" ((in 1935 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 888 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 198 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 180 reviews))

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Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,630 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 33,630 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

2.0

May 22, 2010

Cisco culture changing for the worse

Finance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Flexible Work Schedule -Good , well-rounded benefits package -Smart People with a lot of support -Results-focused culture -Financial stability of company

Cons

-Avg promotion time is 6-7 yrs - to get a promotion you need to pound on your chest and perhaps step over others -Long hours are expected - you have a flexible work schedule but expected to work all the time -No more stock options or RSU's -Moving jobs to low cost regions of the world -New leaders coming into the company are disconnected from the employee base - new leaders just hire "Their guy", and start all over -In just the past year: Finance layoff, forced rotations, No more free soda's, No more paying for cell phone and home internet, and movement of finance jobs outside of US or to lower cost non-SJ locations - what's next?

1.0

Jan 9, 2010

Disaster

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Won't get laid off, unless you are a terrible employee Biweekly paycheck Tea and coffee in the breakroom

Cons

The role of management is to stifle creativity. There adverse to logic and reasoning. No benefits. Expect to be treated like an illegal immigrant. Don't expect to work on anything fun or interesting. Such things do not exist at this company.

2.0

Jan 5, 2010

If you like a 9-5 job & the political game of jockeying for attention, then this might be the place for you.

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work hours seem to be 9:00am - 4:45pm (4:15pm on Fridays) so you are able to keep a work-life balance for the most part. Nice friendly colleagues. If you keep your head down, don't rock the boat, and don't think outside the box, you'll do fine.

Cons

Rewards & recognition are hard to come by - you have to work the political game well to get management recognition for your work. Upward mobility is also very hard to achieve with entrenched employees and very little movement, other than horizontal. You are judged not on how well you do your work, but on who you know and your political clout. A very passive-aggressive workforce who will smile in your face and agree with you, then undermine you and not help - only unless it serves them in their political gain. Employee Monsters are easily recognizable, but are allowed to wreak havoc because management avoids all possible conflict (see: passive-aggressive) Definitely an old-school mentality to go along with it's stereotypical "cubeville" work environment.

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