Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,671 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,671 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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2.0
Jan 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Probably an above average compensation package. They recruit directly from college. Many colleges during good economic times, though only a handful during recessions such as 2009 and going into 2010. Large employee network, even if the diversity is stunted (see Cons).

Cons

Lack of diversity. A random walk around engineering groups seems like they are 3/4 or more south asian. Career advancement is probably typical for large organizations: almost nil and mostly political. Because the customers are mostly enterprise, the work will be mostly performance and cost driven and you rarely have room for feature creativity.

2.0
Dec 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not many...but still some good people there

Cons

Very political company now How a company like Cisco can have $30B in cash, not give even minimal cost of living raises and reduce benefits regularly and be considered a great place to work is beyond me... Management treats employees like idiots and HR provides a playbook about how to answer employee questions, so no matter which organization you go to - you get the same answer.

2.0
Aug 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vast amount of information and learning available to you. Technology Leader

Cons

One manager can derail your entire career if they have favorites they want to advance. Once you start in one sales organization as a systems engineer, services manager, etc. you are not considered to be carrying a bag. It is career limiting to go to Human Resources about any job roles and or management issues.

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