Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 3,626 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Cisco .

Does Cisco pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cisco with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 3,626 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Cisco.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Cisco?

78% of Software Engineer employees at Cisco would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 6% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Cisco with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3678) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (596) , Network Consulting Engineer (497) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (352) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2873 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2737 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2104 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1231 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1104 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and yearly hikes were low" ((in 1921 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 877 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 649 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 202 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 176 reviews))

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4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,626 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

Software Engineer || employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,626 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer || professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer || professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Dec 16, 2012

A great place to work and stable even through many transitions.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and technologies. Interesting things to work on. Working remotely is the norm. Competitive pay. Decent benefits. Stable job even as the markets and work changes.

Cons

No real clear paths for advancement. HR isn't that good. Low performers and bad managers take a long time to weed out. Performance reviews are really just lip service to career development. Communications from top-down aren't always clear.

4.0

Dec 16, 2012

They value people and it's an overall good place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salaries and bonuses, good environment to work, managers will let you be independent and create new projects to help out the team, which sometimes results in a good innovation spread among the whole business unit or maybe even the company. Good resources to learn about the technologies employed there and they always have people to lend a helping hand and events to share knowledge about what's happening inside the walls of Cisco and around the Networking world.

Cons

Slow innovation cycle due to the huge nature of the company which means that sometimes you can't change work processes or culture already in place. Too much corporate culture and seems like independent business units are always competing too much and not in a good way. Small teams could be smaller sometimes and get more ownership of components to feel they are changing things from the inside in a way that creates more impact.

3.0

Dec 11, 2012

A generally decent company which makes lots of $ and is wealthy, but treats employees as if it were poor.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation package. Financially stable. Wide range of products and many internal opportunities. Engineering has talented people and can still generate a new product or enhance existing product quickly. Money not a problem (available) when needed to fix customer issues or accelerate engineering to achieve a market window.

Cons

Benefits have been trimmed continuously (for years) on a regular basis. Bureaucracy increasing. Too much infrastructure has been outsourced (i.e. benefits, payroll, HR). Visibility (top down and bottom up) into the "business" (specifically from Engineering) decreasing. Business Units have too much control to design/market product or acquire companies with "non core-value". Specifically, consumer products with no profit margin (linksys, video cameras). Commodity (i.e. data storage, tablets) with huge established players (NetApp, EMC, Apple - more).

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