Cisco Software Developer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,559 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,559 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Sep 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good team. Lot of learning. Overall benefits are great. Very clear information and updates on future path from leadership. Frequent AMA with leadership. Good work life balance.

Cons

From last 2 years lot of people are fired. Uncertainty for projects and future progress. Salary below average in market. No increments.

3.0
Sep 18, 2025

Salary

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and good bonus

Cons

Too much politics that it doesn’t give you the space to grow at all

4.0
Sep 17, 2025

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are are chill and helpful, great work-life balance

Cons

Layoffs twice a year no matter how good, rewards cycle disappoints more often than not

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