Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Director of Engineering?

Director of Engineering professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 39 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Director of Engineering Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Director of Engineering interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Director of Engineering employees well?

Director of Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 39 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Director of Engineering salaries at Cisco.

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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 2876 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2679 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2134 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1233 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1093 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and yearly hikes were low" ((in 1936 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 897 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 639 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 203 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 180 reviews))

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4.2

65% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

28% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Director, Engineering employees have rated Cisco with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Director, Engineering professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Director, Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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39 reviews

3.0

Nov 3, 2022

Cisco experience

Director of engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its a big company, stable

Cons

very political , just pure ethics does not play well.. hated this part of it. Culture is driven by leader of org..old cisco people just into politics..

2.0

Oct 20, 2022

Great benefits, bad leadership

Director, engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are amazing. You really can't beat them. 4% match to 401k, deferred salary at Director and above, health care benefits are pretty unmatched. Usually working with great people.

Cons

Cisco can't get out of its own way. Upper leadership has such wide mandates they have no idea what's going on but try to shove different things together because they think it fits into their view of what Cisco should be. I saw projects that should have happened, get killed when leadership changes, only to have it later brought up as "oh we should do that" and everyone pats themselves on the back for being so smart, but the people that can do the work have left at that point.

Cisco Response

Thank you for your candid review and for your 10+ years with us. We are glad to learn that you valued the benefits, both financial and medical, and your colleagues while at Cisco. We appreciate your feedback in the Cons section and will communicate it to the appropriate leadership.

5.0

Sep 27, 2022

Fantastic Company with Refreshing Culture

Director of engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Very competitive total package - Unrivalled pension contributions - Fantastic latest tech stack on distributed architecture

Cons

- none that I can think of

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