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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,664 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 33,664 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
      3.0
      Jul 25, 2019

      Some good perks, but some serious cultural issues

      User experience designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Big company, lots of benefits.

      Cons

      The culture is struggling to evolve, but the old culture has a stronghold - too engineering driven, too reactive, not proactive, in approach to software design. Many silos inside product teams and company wide that poorly communicate and point fingers. Lots of churn, lots of duplicate work ... unfortunate with so much potential.

      4.0
      Jul 15, 2019

      Pays well, but political and not very innovative

      Director, product management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Generally, Cisco pays well and the benefits are top-notch, with RSU grants, company stock purchase plan, health/dental/vision insurance, and 1-for-1 401K matching for the first 5% of your salary contribution.

      Cons

      The environment is very political with multiple VPs jockeying to see who will rule them all and building empires. There are constant reorganizations and cost-cutting leading to yearly layoffs. It's almost impossible to get promoted unless you happen to work on whatever is the hot new product. Raises are scarce (because they add to long-term cash outlay); most "rewards" come in the form of one-time bonus or RSU grants. It's a highly bureaucratic culture that rushes from crisis to crisis without adequate strategic accountability.

      2.0
      Jun 3, 2019

      Mediocrity as a way of life but OK salary and low stress

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is pretty good if you are well connected High attrition means opportunity to creatively procrastinate Crazy, intense politics that can be used to take out your inner rage Low quality nepotism hiring benefits you if you happen to be from the right background Astoundingly bad technical talent that allows anyone to look good with even modest effort Chuck seems pretty good

      Cons

      Pay is really bad if you've been around too long Nepotism Politics More politics Crazy backstabbing Terrible, out of date technology Lazy resume-oriented design as the primary paradigm outside of routing and switching Boring Soul-crushingly, mind-numbingly boring work Lots of credit stealing

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