Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Manager?

Software Engineering Manager professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 57 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 Engineering Manager Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Manager interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Software Engineering Manager employees well?

Software Engineering Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 57 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 19.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Manager salaries at Cisco.

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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 Engineering Manager reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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Manager, Software Engineering employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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57 reviews

4.0

Aug 1, 2017

Software Engineering Manager

Software engineering manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of flexibility in work culture.

Cons

There is no good mechanism to measure traits for position, instead recognition for promotion happens based on "he is aligned with me".

2.0

May 1, 2017

Ineffective Mid/Upper Management, impacting innovation

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Generally good engineers - Depending on what group you are in, can be a fun place to work - Chance of exposure to different technologies as the company does encourage mobility. - Compensation is fair: base salary plus annual bonus (which is based on company and individual performance). Company also gives out RSUs.

Cons

- Upper management often out of touch of the underlying problems, leading to either inaction or worse ill informed decisions - Company struggles to innovate due to very heavy processes that stifle putting ideas into action. Cisco, with their big wallets, can overcome this via acquisitions. - Acquisitions typically struggle to innovate and grow their products. Instead, becomes a sustaining shop. Overtime, their products either get eliminated or outsourced and the original group gets laid off. - Annual layoffs which nurture a sub-optimal culture. It does not matter if you are really good or not. if you happened to be on the wrong project, you can be impacted. - Annual peer ranking to feed into the annual layoffs. Everyone is aware of this process -which encourages less than ideal behavior - Raises are slim or too infrequent.

5.0

Mar 28, 2017

Cisco CMS Review

Software engineering manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Cisco overall culture is good

Cons

no vision with the CMS unit

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