Cisco Software Engineer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,624 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Engineer || employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,624 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer || professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer || professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Sep 17, 2025

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are are chill and helpful, great work-life balance

Cons

Layoffs twice a year no matter how good, rewards cycle disappoints more often than not

3.0
Sep 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Low compensation compared to so much work; slow to get promotion

Cons

Specific to my team: manager so nice and colleague also nice.

4.0
Sep 17, 2025

SWE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance, nice co-workers

Cons

internal bureaucracy, and career growth

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