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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,696 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      67% 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 33,696 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
      1.0
      Feb 18, 2022

      Just Ok

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Interesting work sometimes. Good teammates.

      Cons

      Management is an utter mess. The work culture is pathetic and there is no concept of balance.

      2.0
      Feb 16, 2022

      When a good company makes many bad decisions

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay on par with many other large companies along with decent benefits. Good co-workers and talented individuals in certain areas.

      Cons

      Cisco has seemed to forget about their employees in the sense of that their employees are just that employees, they have a life outside of the realm of Cisco. Forced PTO at the holidays (taking six forced days when the PTO is limited in comparison to other companies) was certainly intrusive. In addition to the company's stance on mandated vaccination status was also aggressive without many exceptions. If you don't agree with the views of the leadership team you are silenced. Not a place I wanted to stay and I would encourage others to seek companies that respect personal boundaries.

      4.0
      Jan 24, 2022

      Company Culture to go for, Salary to leave for

      Cisco tac engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company Culture is amazing, And I really mean it. I planned to join cisco for a year or two max before leaving, out of college. But the Culture has made me love this place. Especially in TAC, which operates at its own level in most things. So much to learn, the amount of knowledge is insane, the regular Technical Leaders at Cisco has would be equivalent, to Principle Engineers in most Companies. You never stop learning, every one and anyone you can ping, sync up and learn from.

      Cons

      Salary, One of the biggest down side, I see is the inflated salaries being offered for roles similar if not, ever more basic then what we do everyday in TAC. Being a global company, the company is able to acquire talent and resources at anywhere and bring them up. Which has shrunk the teams in US, by what seems to be by design of Execs. To run barely breathing teams in US. Once you are in TAC you reach a certain point in your Career, that there doesn't seem to be career paths that go up. Most rely on you leaving to different Org, and climbing up again, and or zigzagging.

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