Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3677) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (596) , Network Consulting Engineer (497) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (352) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2847 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2718 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2127 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1234 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1118 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent restructuring and layoffs specifically targeting ageism" ((in 1946 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 896 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 646 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 204 reviews)); "Lack of clarity from senior management on direction of business" ((in 151 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cisco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cisco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cisco in 2026.

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,675 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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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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34K reviews

2.0

Feb 13, 2014

Enjoyed solving many critical issues to help the company transform. However zero recognition or reward for the success.

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Like the company's management by objective (MBO) culture, assuming everyone's MBOs align. Do love the company's acceptance of a distributed (work anywhere) culture. Do support the company's latest "Internet of Everything" market-texture.

Cons

Cisco has become more and more about who you know and who likes you, in lieu of what you have delivered or your value-add to the company, shareholders and/or customers. Politics now dominate the landscape and the embedded bureaucracy is only for the strongest of heart.

4.0

Feb 13, 2014

Good place to learn but not to grow.Scope limited for offsite locations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good place to learn a lot

Cons

NO growth.Too political and need to be in the "inner" circle to get opportunities to grow.Managers themselves do nothing , but choose whom to keep ,or axe or assign projects.

2.0

Jan 10, 2014

Gets worse every year

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Cisco is the market leader in most categories it operates in. It is a recognized name. Cisco is big enough that the company "could" expand into growth areas, if the management had the knowledge and foresight to choose the markets carefully. There is enough brain trust and money still on board to create the next dozen world-changing products.

Cons

Any company can experience only so much growth before market share and sales level off. Cisco's flat growth rate was inevitable. Yet the company still tries to bow to Wall Street, at the expense of customer and employee satisfaction. Outsourcing of software and hardware development jobs is reaching a fever pitch. Product prices are on a race to the bottom, while quality follows, but internal metrics for performance measurement have not changed in a decade. Products and product strategies have not changed significantly, despite re-org after re-org. Employees are asked to follow the same processes, and perform to the same metrics which were put in place a long time ago, when profit per employee was seven figures.

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Enjoyed solving many critical issues to help the company transform. However zero recognition or reward for the success.

Good place to learn but not to grow.Scope limited for offsite locations

Gets worse every year

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