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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,644 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,644 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
      1.0
      Aug 16, 2009

      Highly competitive and hostile working conditions.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive salaries with the market. A significant number of talented people to work with and learn from. A diverse culture within every department. Great benefits for health and finance.

      Cons

      Uses the GE philosophies on employee reviews using a bell curve to evaluate and a mandatory number of employees must be in the top range to be promoted and the bottom in a high pressure situation to quit or be fired. The average or core personnel are given the carrot of still getting a bonus, but no promotion or raise. The environment leads to a lot of back stabbing and almost no collaboration between peers who fear giving someone an advantage over them during reviews. One of the most dysfunctional places I have ever worked.

      1.0
      Aug 15, 2009

      Cisco Systems is mired in Politics and Bureaucracy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco Systems is the industry leader. You will have access to a vast amount of knowledge accumulated over a long period of time. Employees at Cisco get the benefit of a strong infrastructure, such as IT support, HR, benefits etc.

      Cons

      Cisco is a very political environment. Your success will depend mostly on how well you get along with your manager. Emphasis on bonus puts a lot of power in the hands of the mangers, which often ends up being abused. There is a lot of bureaucracy. Groups are always fighting turf wars. Therefore information does not flow well across group boundaries. The processes at Cisco are over engineered. Even doing the smallest amount of work has a great deal of overhead.

      4.0
      Aug 15, 2009

      average tech company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - easy work load - best benefits in the valley - ridiculous bonus if you do well

      Cons

      - not technically challenging - slow pace

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