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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(33,577 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Jul 5, 2016

Get in, get experience - and get out

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Negative overall experience. But will give credit where it's due. Pay is somewhat competitive and benefits are good if you're new to tech or bay area. But not comparable to "established" younger and newer tech companies. However, best benefit is WFH or working remotely. You might have to work out details with your team or they might not care - but you can pretty much work where-ever you want, which is a pretty sweet perk to have and makes traveling much more flexible (and affordable).

Cons

With that said, there were WAY MORE cons than pros. It's an older company and people are stuck in the past. They're trying to change and adopt younger viewpoints, but if you're young, good luck. Yes, you'll hear people put down younger peers b/c they're more "junior" or "less knowledgable" - and apparently that's okay (why?). Culture's cut-throat, very political and everyone's trying to one-up everyone else. Saving face is more important than being honest - which ironically is the only way to improve and actually impact the bottom line. This is not the place to be if you seek, speak and spit out the truth. You WILL be seen as "difficult" and your career WILL be negatively impacted. Also business moves at glacial pace and everyone spends more time talking about what they will do than actually doing it. Also zero accountability - if you're managing a project and need to see it through, you WILL be working with people who don't care and you WILL have to pick up their slack. Again, if you're young, career advancement is limited - unless you're with a good manager who "gets it". More rare than common. WFH is also great at first but gets real old, fast. You'll miss the in person time and communicating with remote co-workers will require 2x the work. Best advice? Get in, get the experience you need and then move on. Don't get stuck in the cycle.

5.0
Feb 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance. Work from home is a major plus (they own WebEx). Smart capable people. Amazing benefits including a full week of paid leave for charity volunteering. Love how much the company gives back to society.

Cons

Very rare to get a salary increase, so be sure you're OK with the salary you accept. Lots of churn in mid-management, I've had 13 managers in seven years. Tough to get your ideas heard, unless you're politically minded. Since the company is so large, there are a lot of slackers who coast along just under the radar, which can be de-motivating. Very engineering driven with design, and user experience, as an afterthought. There is also no clear career path for designers. Design is not handled in a traditional manner, so collaborating with fellow designers is rare- instead you're assigned a product and become silo'ed in it.

1.0
Oct 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent salary and yearly bonus - Ability to take advanced training in the latest technologies - Take a job, learn the latest technology, jump companies

Cons

- No time to take advanced training - Zero moral after multiple years of hunger game style layoffs - Use to be a positive and energizing environment, no longer the case - Endless stream of emails from executives congratulating themselves

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