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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,605 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% 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 33,605 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
      Jan 7, 2012

      Political cesspool

      Software engineer iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It feels great when you leave.

      Cons

      Managers are sweatshopping engineers trying to compete not with the marketplace but instead with other groups doing the same exact thing. What a huge waste. Being forced to work late and weekends is awful, and if you do manage to get your own work done during " normal" hours you still have to come in weekends "for the team". Apparently you dont have enough to do if you are getting your job done during the week. After all that, no raise and no bonuses for me. So I left, got 2 offers in three days elsewhere and have never been happier.

      1.0
      Oct 5, 2011

      Disenchanted and disempowered at Cisco Systems

      Network engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They have a relaxed remote work policy, which does make it much easier to work from home. They do give time off when needed, no questions asked, but this seems to be getting more attention lately as they are squeezing belts more.

      Cons

      The morale there sucks! They are squeezing people's ability to work as they used to. They have reorganized into a silo'd organization that does not allow any freedoms to work without the beaureaucratic bs. The way they do reviews is certainly not fair especially when it is tied to your bonuses. They compare you to each other and not how you have performed against your annual goals. This way they can get more work out of you and pay you less. And it is getting worse! Did I mention the morale there sucks!

      1.0
      Feb 26, 2011

      depends on the manager

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      name, large company looks positive on the resume, ok benifits

      Cons

      depends on the manager, some people are not suppose to be in management

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