Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,637 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,637 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
Nov 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, can easily cruise, although that turns out to be a negative later

Cons

Mediocre staff, really hard to get a response to your emails and messages to people from other departments, no framework at all, no stock compensation, and they are very very cheap

1.0
May 17, 2018

Political shark tank

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, remote work option, family friendly

Cons

Extremely political, no fairness in promotions, very old thinking

1.0
Sep 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

WFH provide some flexibility (to make up for very heavy workload)

Cons

Cisco Sr. Leadership continued to make really bad hiring, strategic, and tactical decisions as related to Cloud. It obviously lost the race on SDN, Cloud to Amazon and Microsoft. Its strategy of laying off people annually to cut cost is obvious the wrong strategy. It really kills the morale within the company, divides the people (millennial vs 40+'s.) Also it is a complete mess of bureaucracy among high and middle-management and a lack of advancement opportunities are stifling innovation.

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Cisco Response
9y
Thank you for your review. We understand that change can be uncomfortable, but making strategic decisions is the only way we can remain a great place to work. We acknowledge that we are not perfect, and will take your review into consideration as we plan to improve.
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