Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,701 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,701 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
4.0
Dec 4, 2020

Russian roulette

Recommend
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Pros

the company is huge with many different independent business so its hard to find a specific con/pro because it really depends on the business. Security is doing fine, collaboration is ok, enterprise is struggling and service provider is shrinking every quarter. the healthy businesses are well run, good people, good compensation package overall even though the stock is stagnant. work can be interesting if you land in the right place

Cons

Russian roulette : the company is not growing and for every startup they acquire (and they acquire a lot) they fire internal people. Not a stable place at all. As stated in the "pro" section the healthy businesses can be great, for the struggling ones can be a risky place. Hard to be loyal when you feel expendable.

1.0
Oct 22, 2020

A terrible company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing I can say here.

Cons

The company lays people off every time it needs to show good results, people are extremely unmotivated. Bonuses are hardly paid. Bad working culture. No way to move to another team if you were laid off. No opportunity to grow. The Cisco product's quality is degraded so Cisco is losing clients. And how does the management react? Right- by laying more people off! Don't remember their recruiters- it is a very bad company to work for!

3.0
Jun 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

big company with deep pocket, stable job if you manage up

Cons

process heavy, toxic culture nepotism is the worst

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Cisco Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Cisco's focus on culture means we understand that we will always have room for improvement – and while many Glassdoor reviews speak to employees feeling that Cisco is a great place to work – we realize there is still work that needs to be done to ensure our conscious culture resonates to all teams. Cisco hosts an annual global Leader Day and there are various leadership pathways on the Degreed Platform as a way of prioritizing leadership. Glassdoor is one of the ways to provide feedback, as well as raising concerns with your HR team!
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