Cisco reviews

Politics EVERYWHERE. There is not a single decision you make that will not go through a political evaluation for your manager. Diversity for diversity sake. Older white guys being unfairly laid off because the company wants more diversity...who cares that the company owes at least a bit of it's success to the hard work of older white men.

As an acquisition our product has floundered; the product has undergone several management changes, the product has failed in critical areas, and there appears to be no ownership or consequence for those failing. Many teams have taken defensive positions to eliminate work or ownership of product growth and development. The product is circling the drain and no one seems to care. For a period a renewals team didn't exist and customers were simply canceled, and canceled without warning. The product looks as it did 7 years ago and any efforts to introduce new features has resulted in a huge number of bugs (customers treated as beta testers), undocumented features, and usability issues. There are a significant number of long-term Cisco managers, occupying roles for 15 years or more, managers who seem lost in a Dilbert comic. Able but unwilling to enact change, making sure to not rock the boat or do anything to actually improve the products they're part of. Products are extremely complex, developed by engineers for engineers, with no focus on usability or the human experience. Customers complain about complex deployments and call in for guidance configuring the most simple of features. The acquisition of Meraki shows an ability to recognize a strong usable product but its yet to be seen whether Meraki will survive the Cisco touch.