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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,605 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 33,605 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
      Sep 24, 2008

      Good place to start,

      Technical leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco Systems is a stable company with lot of resources. It is a large company, so work experiment widely vary base on which group you work with and where you work. Since Cisco uses variable pay method, if you work for the “right” group, you will make very good living. It is also a very good place for young people to learn and grow.

      Cons

      Cisco is a very bureaucratic organization with layer of management. Most of the works are done by a small group of people and the rests just show up to collect pay checks. Most managers only care about growing head count and justify their existence. And if you are not in San Jose, you are pretty missing out on most of benefit of working at Cisco.

      3.0
      Sep 23, 2008

      It is a good "job" and an OK place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a good job with good benefits and for a big company - relatively low BS.

      Cons

      It's not as fun as a smaller company or startup. They don't practice what they preach - work from anywhere in the world. You can work from anywhere in the world - as long as it's San Jose. The caliber of employee has gone steadily. Senior management and Directors are WELL taken care of while the people who actually do the work are not.

      3.0
      Sep 22, 2008

      A mixed bag - great if networking is your game, but beware of politics and budgets

      Product manager iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Benefits and work/life balance - Cisco has some impressive technology and great projects. They critical item is to place yourself in an up and coming business/technology unit. - Employees. I found there to be many talented professionals, from the VP level downwards. - If you're a hardcore networking type, the technology and business problems are complex and interesting.

      Cons

      - To much lip service regarding change. To little action. If your product falls outside of switching/routing (and perhaps voice) or is not the darling child (i.e. Telepresence, WebEx), watch out. - Innovation is encouraged, as long as it is free. Internal innovation is stifled by budgetary pressures and politics. Launching a new product without SVP aircover is nearly impossible. - Highly political environment. Directors/VPs job is manage the politics. - Budget allocation and the budgeting process hinders cross BU collaboration. Even if its in the best interest of Cisco for two BUs to work together, dollars will invariably get in the way.

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