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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,664 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,664 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      34K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 7, 2010

      Great Place to Work for.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The bonuses, benefits, and flexibility in work hours.

      Cons

      New managers having inexperience in managing people. Some people are not meant to be managers that have people reporting under them.

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2010

      Pursuing MBA while working for Cisco

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco supports continuing education and even gives $10K per year for post Graduate studies. It also has partnership with Carnegie Mellon and you can pursue MBA in Flex Mode form.

      Cons

      Very difficult to manage job + family + education although Cisco trys to help a lot

      2.0
      Jan 5, 2010

      If you like a 9-5 job & the political game of jockeying for attention, then this might be the place for you.

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work hours seem to be 9:00am - 4:45pm (4:15pm on Fridays) so you are able to keep a work-life balance for the most part. Nice friendly colleagues. If you keep your head down, don't rock the boat, and don't think outside the box, you'll do fine.

      Cons

      Rewards & recognition are hard to come by - you have to work the political game well to get management recognition for your work. Upward mobility is also very hard to achieve with entrenched employees and very little movement, other than horizontal. You are judged not on how well you do your work, but on who you know and your political clout. A very passive-aggressive workforce who will smile in your face and agree with you, then undermine you and not help - only unless it serves them in their political gain. Employee Monsters are easily recognizable, but are allowed to wreak havoc because management avoids all possible conflict (see: passive-aggressive) Definitely an old-school mentality to go along with it's stereotypical "cubeville" work environment.

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