Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Senior Software Development Engineer?

Senior Software Development Engineer professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 19 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Development Engineer Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Development Engineer interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Senior Software Development Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 19 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Development Engineer salaries at Cisco.

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"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2828 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2688 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2119 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1230 reviews)); "Good compensation and pay." ((in 1119 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and yearly hikes were low" ((in 1920 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 882 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 635 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 196 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 180 reviews))

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4.0

98% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

100% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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4.0

Culture & values

4.0

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4.0

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4.0

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3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

Senior Software Development Engineer employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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19 reviews

5.0

Feb 15, 2018

Software Engineer 4

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Works on latest technologies Employee friendly Good work life balance Good pay

Cons

sometime hectic but is acceptable takes time to get in to job as the products are complex

3.0

Jan 20, 2018

Good place to work

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome infrastructure great people to work

Cons

Lagging behind to utilize latest technologies, as higher management have got control to approve things to migrate to new technologies. One month you get excellent award next month you will be fired

5.0

Oct 25, 2017

Great place to work

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work culture is too good. Cisco learning program is very effective and covers multiple areas Lots of benefits

Cons

Some projects uses legacy codes. These should be revamped over time as there is nothing much to learn new. Every year, there will be some layoff within organization

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