Is Cisco a good company to work for as a Senior Manager Software Development Engineering?

Senior Manager Software Development Engineering professionals working at Cisco have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 158 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Cisco employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Manager Software Development Engineering Jobs at Cisco now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Manager Software Development Engineering interview questions at Cisco .

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What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2827 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2743 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2170 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1244 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1100 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"frequent reorgs and layoffs made environment more toxic" ((in 1959 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 893 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 645 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 183 reviews)); "Lack of clarity from senior management on direction of business" ((in 154 reviews))

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Cisco Senior Manager Software Development Engineering reviews

4.0

87% would recommend to a friend

(158 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

80% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

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3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

Senior Manager Software Development Engineering employees have rated Cisco with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 158 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Manager Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Manager Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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158 reviews

4.0

Apr 13, 2009

Starting place for a solid long term career, but this should not be your final destination

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

technology, relevance to the industry. You can add cisco to your resume and become a hot commodity any where in the technology industry (assuming that you are good). I consider my time at cisco more as a career builder than as a job.

Cons

lot of waste of resources, ineffective senior management, peter principle's manifestation at its best. Your reviews are not very objective.. and then the mindset of entitlement from least productive dinosaurs!

3.0

Apr 7, 2009

Upper management talks and doesn't hold reports accountable to goals, causing employees to harbor mistrust.

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cisco has a very big market cap and plenty of cash on hand. They should be able to weather economic downturns very well. Cisco provides free drinks, enables telecommuting and is very flexible on employee scheduling.

Cons

They are removing the free drinks and paid home ISP. Cisco has lost its great culture that it had in the late 1990's, where all management and employees would do what was right for the customer, eschewing ulterior motives. Their upper management is now so diluted with recent newcomers that old company bad behavior has crept in and trickled down. Directors and VPs are not very trusted by the individual contributors and first line managers.

4.0

Mar 19, 2009

cisco is a good cocmpany to work for.

Software engineering manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good place to work, lot of opportunities.A positive company that makes sure that their employees are apprecitated in an apporpriate way. Driving goals from top down to make sure all employees know what direction they are headed in. Cisco is a leader across many different sub-industries within IT: routing, switching, storage, VoIP, wireless, optical, application acceleration, etc. which allows sales engineers to gain a wide breadth of knowledge and exposure across many different technologies and products. Working with Cisco is very fast paced and you get to play with cutting edge technology that has not been released to the mainstream public yet. Cisco sales managers do no micromanage; they give their employees all the freedom and resources needed to get their job done.

Cons

nothing other then the fact that it is a hugeg company.

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