Cisco offers basic life insurance at 2x employee salary (up to $1.5 at no cost to employee) to provide important financial protection in case of death.
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Employer VerifiedUpdated Apr 8, 2026730 employees reported this benefit
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Benefits reviews
91-100 of 122 Reviews
4.0
Oct 2, 2016
Anonymous Technical Marketing Engineer
Former
San Jose, California
Not bad. per-pay-period premiums are very competitive for basic and supplemental coverage.
5.0
Sep 29, 2016
Anonymous Software Engineer
Current
San Jose, California
For the benefit amount worth 2 x times of your annual salary company pays automatically. However, it shows up on your W2 as imputed income (i.e. you get taxed on it). You cannot opt out of it. Anything above that you can purchase on your own.
4.0
Sep 12, 2016
Anonymous Technical Leader I
Current
San Jose, California
Twice of the base salary is provided
3.0
Sep 5, 2016
Anonymous Manager Systems Engineering
Current
San Jose, California
Just regular plan that any other technology company offers
3.0
Aug 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
Current
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Reasonably priced. I haven't had to use it yet....
3.0
Aug 23, 2016
Anonymous Network Engineer
Former
Framingham, Massachusetts
decent Life insurance at Cisco
5.0
Aug 22, 2016
Anonymous employee
Former
San Jose, California
Multiple options for employees to choose
3.0
Aug 20, 2016
Anonymous BDM
Current
San Jose, California
Probably very typical ... a number of tiers to choose from
5.0
May 11, 2016
Anonymous Systems Engineer
Former
Irving, Texas
super good. 1.5 times of your pay
5.0
Mar 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Current
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Cannot complain. Never worked elsewhere so dont know what others offer.