Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Test Engineer?

Test Engineer professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 42 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 Test Engineer Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Test Engineer interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Test Engineer employees well?

Test Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 42 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Test Engineer salaries at Cisco.

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"This also leads to relatively frequent layoffs of redundant divisions and attrition as acquired employees become fully vested and seek opportunities elsewhere." ((in 1939 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 892 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 648 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 200 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 179 reviews))

Cisco Test Engineer reviews

3.6

98% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Testing Engineer employees have rated Cisco with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Testing Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Testing Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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42 reviews

4.0

Feb 6, 2011

Great place to work back in the day

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to develop market leading products. Lots of smart peers. Good benefits package. "Blue chip" company. Develop proficiency in Cisco product line.

Cons

Long hard hours. Can be frustrating to try and improve things. Too much politics. I've been reading the other reviews here. There seems to be two major complaints that stand out. One is lack of upward mobility or promotions, the other is the enlarged know-nothing middle management and lots of turf wars. These seem to be contradictory. Those that want better promotions... to where? So they can also be "useless" middle managers? Technology companies need people that can actually build stuff. You can't be promoting everybody to management, there is not enough to manage. If you do, then you have the other complaint "too many managers". What is Senior management to do?

3.0

Apr 29, 2010

An average company to work for

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big company. Have more chances to move to other groups when you want to challenge yourself. Nice buildings and onsite landscape.

Cons

Used to give out more benefits. No more free soda and free stuff. Food price in cafeteria increased a lot and the quality with quantity also reduced!

3.0

Aug 7, 2008

Cisco!!

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company.Look at optimizing product groups with clearer decision-making and better integration of product management and engineering. At the end of the day, product groups (incl marketing and engineering) are still 20-70 people, very manageable units. You don't have to concede product development to competitors. Too much compromise

Cons

compensation and career advancement. Only lateral movement moving from one group to the other, absolutely ridiculous policy. there should be really an incentive for people to move from one position to the other. I did an prestigious MBA program, then when I finish, there is absolutely no upside to move within Cisco. The HR did not find an easy way for me to find a new and exciting opportunity. So I left.

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