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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,614 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% 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 33,614 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      34K reviews
      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.

      1.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Cisco sucks, stay away

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pays reasonably well...if you are not that bright, you can survive for ever in Cisco, place is full of dead weight so you'll fit right in.

      Cons

      Work is not interesting, people can be downright hostile, raises/rewards have no relation to the work you put in.

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