Cisco reviews

1. The learning you get is not useful outside, when you search for a job 2. As an engineer, you will be assigned one component and asked to work on it for 4-5 years. This will bring your resume to ZERO levels 3. Excepting brand name, you get nothing 4. People have settled in this company from more than 10 years. They won't give you any knowledge for you to leverage. Zero documentation. 5. Outdated technology work is assigned in Bangalore office 6. No hikes 7. No promotions at any level 8. There are rumors that CEO wants to downsize the strength from current 70k to 25 9. Favoritism at its best

When I started at Cisco, they were still doing the free drinks, free food, and beer parties on Friday. That went away as soon as the downturn started, and then the layoffs began shortly thereafter. The first couple of years they laid off the bad people, and then there weren't any bad people left, so they just started flailing the axe at random. Every year around late summer, it swings again, so everyone is just sitting in dread waiting to see who goes. Then, afterwards, you have to try to figure out how to get things done when important pieces of your team aren't there anymore. It's still an okay place to work, and the people who are left below upper management are all great. I wouldn't tell you not to take a job there, but be aware that you're going to spend every summer wondering whether you'll have a job in the fall.