Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3677) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (596) , Network Consulting Engineer (496) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (352) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

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 2848 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2674 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2133 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1222 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1137 reviews))

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

"Frequent restructuring and layoffs specifically targeting ageism" ((in 1937 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 880 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 652 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 200 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 174 reviews))

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,670 total reviews)

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 33,670 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0

Jul 31, 2009

Missing the mark

Product manager

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Pros

Good benefits (though those will diminish with each downturn)

Cons

Inability to innovate. Teams spread all over the place; takes twice as long to get stuff done because you have to ping pong protos/equipment/information. Lack of recognition or promotion opportunities. Lack of top level product leadership, lack of discipline (product roadmaps change with the wind). Wasted resources on projects that are there for political reasons, but end up failing as expected.

4.0

Jul 31, 2009

Above Average Experience...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cisco's vision as communicated by John and the rest of senior leadership is one that engenders hard work and loyalty "Change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns." There are plenty of smart people and plenty of long hours...rewards are good, not great. Interesting work most of the time.

Cons

Lots of smart people and long hours make the competition for jobs and promotions fierce, especially if you're gunning for Director or above. Typical fast pace and lots of ambiguity to deal with.

4.0

Jul 30, 2009

ASIC design and verification engineer

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High Tech Growing company Stable company Good place to learn

Cons

Restructuring is done based on groups rather than individuals. Manager should be appointed on people skills and technical knowledge.

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