Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,675 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,675 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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1.0
Aug 15, 2014

Used to be a great place to work

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Pros

Technology turned into business/life-quality values.

Cons

Weak Management made of young and inexperienced people in both sales and people management. Vocal young-people using "informal" feedback to quickly damage people's reputation. Continuous management changes make it impossible for employees to be fairly evaluated, from historical prospective. Young management perceive themselves as "innovative", where in fact, playing consistently "old-Cisco" whenever possible. Promotion of young-managers to demonstrate willingness to innovate, turning into a no-value game and proceeding to cut the older employees horizontally. Consistent promotion of "friends", make it look more like a closed-club, rather than a "family" (as it used to be).

3.0
Aug 13, 2014

Good benefits, longevity isn't rewarded

Anonymous employee
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Pros

work life balance is great Benefits are amazing Training is hit or miss. Some depts LOVE you to get training others won't spend $1 to train. I've spent time in both of those.

Cons

Promotions/pay raises are non-existent Forced ranking- which means managers have to make the tough choice of putting someone as a low performer.....even if they don't have one. People come in making more than you with less experience doing the same job( i.e. longevity isn't rewarded) The sky is always falling! We'll have awesome quarters ALL the time, yet management consistently says OMG we suck!

1.0
Aug 9, 2014

Not so exciting NOW

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Pros

Its been 7+ years for me in Cisco and I saw Employee friendliness started diminishing. Only good thing is excellent In-Office infrastructure. Where do you get time to enjoy them.

Cons

No Pay benifits. Cost cuttings in multiple areas. People have their own puppets for themselves and Company loosing its actual charm and culture

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