Cisco reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(33,596 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,596 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
1.0
Jun 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Highly competent staff. Great benefits. Good pay. Great campus.

Cons

The people who were promoted were the best at gaming the system. The people who told the truth even constructively were punished for it. Metrics ran roughshod over employees. No metric too small to be driven. Cisco will stop at nothing to satisfy a customer, including employees working nights, weekends, and everything in between. When I left the company, I felt like I was on vacation when I stopped working on the weekends.

2.0
May 15, 2016

Continuous layoffs

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive Salary and stock plan, deferred compensation for director and above level, on site healthcare, intelligent people, access to high levels of leadership, work/life flexibility,

Cons

Job security is non existent and inability to hold onto top talent due to culture that lacks authenticity and integrity.

1.0
Mar 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has lots of different technologies to pick from. If you have the opportunity to get in, it's a great place to start a career, but with the intention of leaving 1-2 years into the job.

Cons

1) Tons of red tape 2) Processes for everything. If there isn't a process, it can't be done and changing the process is nearly impossible. 3) Seemingly yearly layoffs 4) Not particularly innovative. 5) Depending on your management, YMMV.`

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