Meraki reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(681 total reviews)
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Lawrence Huang

73% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Meraki has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 681 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meraki 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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681 reviews
5.0
Jul 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I have been at Meraki for just over 6 months now. In that time I have been more and more impressed by the companies success and ethos. It goes without saying that working for one of Cisco's largest and fastest growing components is both exciting and rewarding, however, it is in Meraki's values and environment that the business excels. Whilst yes, we as Territory Account Manager's carry a demanding sales quota we are encouraged to think about 'how' we get to that number and if we are looking after ourselves and each other whilst striving for those goals. Examples of this include; quarterly team events, charity days, unconscious bias training, mental well-being workshops and aspiring leadership events. This helps to build an environment that breeds success for those who work here both inside and outside the office. Apart from working for a disruptive and market leading technology business, other bonuses include, a fantastic catered lunch every day, a generous share scheme, uncapped commissions and 2x yearly trips to the US. Development and career building in Meraki, Cisco, or another of Cisco's Partners is also pretty limitless.

Cons

The only downside I can think of is that working from home is not an option in my particular role. This does not concern me but might be important to others. The intentions behind this are good, as mentioned above, its more difficult to build a cohesive team if everyone's sat at home!

2.0
Jul 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Although there is high turnover, they have good executive leadership, particularly the CEO. Strong suite of WiFi products, their flagship product line.

Cons

Weak mid-level management. Lots of younger, millennium type employees with very little real-world experience and way too much influence, effectively producing chaotic and/or non-existent processes and feckless results. Consequently, with the exception of the product engineering teams, lots of chaotic energy is expended and little is accomplished.

4.0
Jul 14, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Teams are diverse and the caliber of the average engineer at Meraki is extremely high -Hiring emphasizes inclusivity and hiring women and PoC in particular -Management is highly supportive of career growth and intra-company moves -Small-company culture with big-company bankroll courtesy of Cisco -Great product--both fun to work on and great quality and feature set overall (I'm proud to use my Meraki gear at home and show it off to people!) -Highly collaborative environment -The culture encourages sharing your work and developing your presentation skills -Great office space in San Francisco with many perks, e.g. catered lunch (and catered dinner for engineers) -Access to the resources we need as engineers is generally free and easy -Some commuter benefits

Cons

-Meraki's startup legacy is still haunting current employees. Tools are out of sync with Cisco's processes and coordination between Meraki and Cisco is not easy. -Compensation has been improving in recent months, but is still behind as compared to other prestige tech companies in the Bay Area -Meraki shares Cisco's benefit plan (kludgy and limited PTO accrual being the worst part of this) -Mission Bay location is somewhat inconvenient for transit (there's a Muni stop nearby, but for the last couple of years, construction of the new Warriors stadium has made it hard to get to the site) -Cisco proper is intruding into Meraki's small-company culture; for better and for worse, it will be more a part of the giant homogeneous Cisco machine in a year, and even more so the year after that.

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