Pros
- we're a growing company which has the financial stability from Cisco - being part of Cisco during the pandemic has made me realize why Cisco is rated #1 World's Best Workplace this year. They CARE. - culture is amazing - perks of being in the office were great (dog friendly in SF, catered food, unlimited snacks, beautiful offer space and desks are fully equipped) - work-life balance is good - internal mobility is great if you also include greater-Cisco as the same company. Lots of employees move over to Cisco. Meraki is smaller, so unless your team is growing it can be hard to move unless someone leaves - Cisco's benefits are awesome - good PTO package, emergency time off, 5 days/1 week of volunteering (this year they added an extra 5 days on top of that), lots of parental support
Cons
- Very engineering driven org (which is great, if you're an engineer $$$). - when we were in the office, getting to mission bay was a challenge for public transit. That being said, they are allowing everyone to be more flexible with WFH or moving fully remote, regardless of when we go back to the office - starting to lean more on Cisco for guidance, which had both positive and negative aspects during the pandemic