Cisco reviews

The environment is very political with multiple VPs jockeying to see who will rule them all and building empires. There are constant reorganizations and cost-cutting leading to yearly layoffs. It's almost impossible to get promoted unless you happen to work on whatever is the hot new product. Raises are scarce (because they add to long-term cash outlay); most "rewards" come in the form of one-time bonus or RSU grants. It's a highly bureaucratic culture that rushes from crisis to crisis without adequate strategic accountability.

(bangalore site) - almost no internal investment in new products, they keep buying software companies hoping to "transform" from a hardware centric box company - tons and tons of buggy twenty year old codebases that none can maintain properly now because the original architects are retired, or maybe passed away by now - demoralized engineering ranks , no learning, no career progression - lot of nepotism by managers and directors , no fair treatment for those not playing politics to showcase themselves falsely - the 360' review system has been scrapped since 2014. a opaque gestapo panel of managers now gossips about you to give a fake rating.