Cisco reviews

As said in another review of Cisco that I read, it is very easy to slowly get sucked-in and end up working 14 hour days. Generally speaking, you will be rewarded based on what you put into it. So if you choose to put up boundaries and stick to a 40-hour week, you'll be comfy and cozy. If you choose to put in 60-80 hour weeks, you're likely to be elevated in the long term (provided you're not in a group that's approaching "sustaining-mode" where there is very little new development). If you're lucky enough to get into the "in-crowd" and you're a hard worker that puts out quality product, you're set for life. Cisco has a very elite group of people that jump ship every few years, create a new start-up (i.e. ensime, nuovo, andiamo), work their tails' off, get purchased by Cisco making tons of money, and repeat. But getting into that group is extremely difficult even if you're good at what you do. There's a bit of class-ism in the Cisco HW department.

Lots of redundancy between teams in the same business unit as well as the rest of the company. This is due to the company treating all teams as their own startup. The good is that it allows teams to build and identity and business for themselves, the bad is that when resources are scarce, the political games begin and rather than collaborate, you end up with multiple versions of the same product or service with varying degrees of quality. Lack of structure or structure that is not properly defined. Your success is dependent on the manager you get. No longer looking to hire experience, only looking to rent it.