Cisco Sr. Software Engineer reviews

The experience seems to vary greatly between teams. Avoid the Java folks and you'll be fine ;) They are trying a little to hard to make sure "the sun never sets on Cisco software development" and it creates communication problems for many of the teams. A lot of the employees just slip by but its like that everywhere.

It appears to be an overcrowded place. It appears that the pie is too small and too many people are trying to get a piece of it. This creates lot of bad blood among employees. Employees are competing with each other and often conspiring against each other instead of working together as a team to stay ahead of competition from industry peers. The engineering management would get better results if they spent some time in people management. While the company support career development initiatives, the opportunities are too few and rare even though you may have the skills needed for the job. Engineering promotions below a certain level are not announced, but silently updated in the directory - doesn't help transparency.