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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,601 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      79% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,601 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
      Mar 12, 2012

      Cisco is not a great place to work if you are ambitious

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      If you want to lead a peaceful life with no tensions then cisco is the place for you. I think cisco is a great place for married people as married people need to stike a balance between their married and professional lives.

      Cons

      The downsides are unlimited. Cisco's talent retention policy is pathetic and they dont give adequate recognition to the talent they have. infact in one of the interviews i've heard chambers say that they dont like to hire the best. Cisco is a place for a mediocres. Cisco is the number 1 networking company in the world but from the salaries perspective they are at the 60th percentile.

      1.0
      Sep 20, 2011

      Only work here if you have NO life or family

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Um.... I get to work at home, but that's only because they want me to work even more hours(move this to con) Working from home used to be a great idea, but Cisco uses this to get you to work more hours!!! Don't be fooled! I learn a lot from my coworkers. I get to say I work at Cisco I would have more Pro's if I was on a different team. It's sad really....

      Cons

      Expected to work ALL hours of the day. No respect for people's time even if you have children. I laugh when I hear about "Best Places to Work" My team is a corporate sweatshop. Everyday we are expected to work until 1AM+ when our day starts at 8AM. This isn't happening before a release these hours are everyday! Call me crazy if I actually want to pickup my child, feed her, and take care of her. My wife is a single parent after I started working for Cisco because I am ALWAYS working. Horrible business processes, horrible quality of data, and horrible workarounds that cause more issues with the data. Never in my life have I ever seen managers yell and degrade their employees. I haven't had that directed towards me, but I've been in meetings and witnessed this. I've seen managers yell at employees who want to go home when it's 9PM and they are IN THE OFFICE with NO DINNER when his or her day started at 8AM. This is not a third world country!! Some managers need to stop this mentality!!!! Way overly complicated processes and offshoring to India doesn't help matters. It takes weeks to deal with Cisco's customer support which is in India for simple issues or questions that should be a matter of minutes.

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