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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,705 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 33,705 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
      Jun 10, 2019

      Great company, haphazard UX practice

      Senior interaction designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco was a great place to work. Too many perks to list. Leadership generally lived by the core principles of the Cisco "People Deal", an initiative to retain talent by putting the needs of employees first. One example - I was supported through a very difficult and extended personal leave. Cisco retained my job and welcomed me back once the crisis was past.

      Cons

      Engineering-driven company with scattered UX practice and greatly varying levels of success. There are pockets of great design in various BUs, but unfortunately I was not in one of them. 8 bosses in 5 years, and the only excellent and fully competent one I had was fired because she rubbed some old-timers the wrong way.

      2.0
      Feb 26, 2019

      not Equal Opportunity Employment

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Benefits, tons of vacation from the start

      Cons

      Not equal opportunity employment. if you don't get your money coming in, you won't get it. it's impossible to get a raise or a promotion to the appropriate grade level that your peers are at. I've been here 5 years, no raise, no promotion, i'm one grade level under where my peers are which make it impossible for me to move within Cisco unless i want to go sideways or backwards. It's terrible.

      5.0
      Jan 27, 2019

      Depends on the Team, but mostly good work-life balance

      It engineer, senior
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work-life balance is generally good with Cisco IT. Mainly, you can choose to hold back for one year and then next year try to rise above the current gradelevel. Depending on the team, and boss, sometimes, things change. But mostly you can reach out to the skip-level manager and get out of the issues

      Cons

      Cisco is a Networking company - not just the hardware, even soft skill side. They expect people to work with each other. Need to work on soft skills.

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