Cisco Software Engineer reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,630 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

77% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Engineer || employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,630 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Aug 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive salaries with the market. A significant number of talented people to work with and learn from. A diverse culture within every department. Great benefits for health and finance.

Cons

Uses the GE philosophies on employee reviews using a bell curve to evaluate and a mandatory number of employees must be in the top range to be promoted and the bottom in a high pressure situation to quit or be fired. The average or core personnel are given the carrot of still getting a bonus, but no promotion or raise. The environment leads to a lot of back stabbing and almost no collaboration between peers who fear giving someone an advantage over them during reviews. One of the most dysfunctional places I have ever worked.

2.0
Aug 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice Gym. Nice intranet. Nice heath center

Cons

A lot of management layers, tons of managers, VP, senior VP, GM.. You are supposed to work on weekend, night time by paying yourself boardband. Totally lose you life. Ranking system makes everyone is your enemy, not going to share information and complete/trap each other. Your rank is totally based on your manager taste. No career growth. No inflation adjustment and no raise. Current layoff and outsource all USA jobs to India.

4.0
Jul 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Working Environment, nice people and many opportunities.

Cons

Company Politics are all over around the place

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