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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,585 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      79% approve of CEO

      67% 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 33,585 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
      Jun 13, 2008

      Time to make a move

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a huge company now so you have good stability and they have a great severance package even if you do get laid off. There are so many different product lines to sell at Cisco, that you never get bored and are always learning new things.

      Cons

      There is NO work life balance. If you're in sales, you have weekly commits that are not good for the customers or the sales people. A lot of political BS....give it another 5 years and it will be just like IBM. The fist and second level management is, for the most part, quite weak.

      5.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Cisco is the best place to work in the Bay.

      Financial analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Collaboration, innovation, time off...Cisco has awesome management who want you to succeed.

      Cons

      Cisco is first and foremost hard to get into. Expect long interviews with winning applicant having a cheerleader push them through.

      2.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Great Pay but Stay Away (that is, if you want to grow)

      Director, engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Big Bucks in the bank insulate this company from A LOT of mistakes. Cisco has great benefits, a nine to five culture, very good pay, excellent market share, nice buildings, employees are generally empowered to do stuff (unless it's innovative - see below)

      Cons

      Absolutely no career growth (unless you want to move to India). No ability to cross over business units or get into new technologies, very static environment. Cisco generally hates people who innovate because that activity is inherently risky. If Cisco wants innovation it will go out an buy it! Mike Volpe once said that Cisco didn't need to do R&D because the whole of Silicon Valley was it's R&D lab.

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