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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (33,577 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      79% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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 33,577 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
      1.0
      Aug 8, 2009

      This company is going down hill

      Hardware engineer iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Brand name Still Market Share Leader

      Cons

      No chance for promotion Engineers are treated as second-class citizens by MBA grad managers No innovatation, simply to mantain staus-quo

      3.0
      Jan 7, 2022

      A ship without a rudder

      Technical systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I was really proud to say that I worked at Cisco. I spend over 20 years of my life at Cisco and I really enjoyed most of it. I got to meet and work with some amazing people, most are still great friends. The early days were the best when you actually worked as part of a team. I learned a lot and enjoyed the work/life balance. The continuous training available was always top-notch. If you want to find someplace to hide and retire, there are plenty of dark holes in Cisco to do it.

      Cons

      Too much turnover! Senior people are put in positions they should not hold and this includes the majority of management. If you are not in your director's inner circle then you may as well pack your bags. To get into the inner circle you just have to play the game, kiss the right behinds, and squawk a lot. You don't actually have to work, you just have to be a puppet. If you dance enough little monkey, they may toss you a shilling. The "People Deal" and "Stack Rank" are horrendous and just created a cutthroat mentality, absolutely destroying teams. Lay-offs every 6 months, re-org every 2-3 years, and complete restructuring every 4-5 are exhausting!

      1.0
      May 9, 2019

      The least diverse workplace in Silicon Valley

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Work life balance is respected in general

      Cons

      - Looking around my product management team, indian, male is the absolute leading demographic, so is the engineering team and this is the norm everywhere in enterprise networking. - Salary is stagnant if you do not get a promotion - Layoffs every year for the past few years - Very little equity until you get to senior level

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