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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,614 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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 33,614 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
      3.0
      Nov 25, 2008

      Cisco is a good company for a fresh college grad to learn quickly about the industry.

      Technical marketing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Learn a lot in a short amount of time.

      Cons

      There are a lot of employees that have been at Cisco for a long time and are set for life due to stocks. Some (not all) of these employees now contribute nothing to the company and are just milking it. This makes work difficult for the rest of their team members who are helpless to do anything about it.

      4.0
      Nov 25, 2008

      Stable place to work with flexibility.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco is a stable company and allows a lot of flexibility around work/life balance.

      Cons

      Cisco is a big company. Promotions come in waves and you have to be prepared to politic when those waves approach.

      4.0
      Nov 24, 2008

      Cisco, good place to work but needs lots of improvement

      Product marketing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I never liked big corporations like Cisco before I joined. I had a bad experience with Motorola where it is next to impossible to move from your start job to another position and you are so narrowed that you can spend your entire career without learning anything new. This was really different at Cisco, things are constantly changing and you have lots of new things to learn. The benefit is good and if you are in the right group you will have a sense of belonging. The break room have lots of different types of drinks and coffee for those that work in the office but most people drink water or coffee. I am a remote work and I didn't believe you could work remote until I joined Cisco. Other than the usual suspects (ability to move to another position, raises and promotions). I will say Cisco is a good place to work.

      Cons

      If you are in the Customer Advocacy group you are required to have CCIE before getting promotion. The leadership are still stuck on the routing and switching world. A lot of the companies that Cisco acquired are in software or other things. This is bad for career growth. Executives talk about collaboration but it does not translate to collaboration at Individual contributor and manager levels. Different groups do not share knowledge and this is bad for business. In some business units VP level communication is lacking, and the few that come across does not include current project status or future projects and what the benchmarks are. If you are not in any of the major centers, your career growth is limited. Some managers still resist remote workers. Instructor led trainings are mostly done at the major centers and this require travel for everybody else. Imaging getting travel approval.

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