Cisco reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(33,567 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,567 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
Sep 11, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge company with dominant market share. Good pay. Opportunity to have good work-life balance (though it depends on the position - avoid Technical Support or Field Delivery if this is important for you). Great benefits (car allowance, Employee Stock Purchase Program).

Cons

Very political company (at least in México). HUGE number of Management positions (at least 30 EVPs worldwide). Difficult to find the opportunity to explore different positions, although if you can find the position and if you are the chosen candidate, you do not need approval from anyone to move. Management needs to open their eyes and realize there is a lot of people doing NOTHING to contribute to the success of the company. The company needs to get rid of this lazy people.

4.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly company to work, several opportunities to develop yourself.

Cons

Mexican management can get you stuck, they are not bad but they tend to select management roles for the close circle people, sometime roles are not even open on system but kind of directly assign, not following company process.

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