Cisco reviews

Lost it's Cisco family values as they will layoff entire organizations off for not reason, and worse just weeks after saying that there is nothing to worry about and that everyone would have a spot as they recreated them. That was not the case for most of the employees as they purposely stalled the job postings until after the layoffs were completed.

* Advancement is slow and dependent on arbitrary metrics that workers have no visibility into * I've been in my position 2 years without a single formal review of my abilities. * The politics are absurd at times - you have to worry about hurting peoples' feelings, as Cisco is very "feel-good". * Upper management throws around tons of buzzwords but seems to be completely disconnected from the struggles of the troops on the ground. This may be true of all large companies, though. * Cisco is "open", but unless you've been there 10-15 years and have no fear of losing your job, most people will not raise the questions/concerns they have in open/public forums. * "Escalations" are absurd - everyone is quick to CC the next highest manager, and everyone gets in a tizzy over incidents, but nothing changes. It's cyclical. * There are lots of employee-lead organizations, but unless you're in a non-technical role (sales, marketing, HR, finance), you really don't have time to join them, especially when you are expected to work after-hours and weekends. * Cisco severely underpays its' workers, which is why turnover is so high.