Cisco reviews

One of the biggest complaint I have against Cisco is it's career development plan & implementation for the employees. The ePM every year talks about the growth and career plan - but in reality the managment is always driven by very near term goals and not long term vision. As a result all the career development plans of individual contributors do not go anywhere - again next year the ePM comes and the story repeats. There is not much functional rotation as well - its very hard to convince Level1/2 manager why I would want to move from his/her group and go to another group to do something else - instead of encouraging the individual's passion to do something of his/her interest in another group, the manager is worried about shrinking empire if an employee is lost to another group.

The salary package offered to New Hires(of even top Universities in India) are not competent compared to many other companies with same brand value. If one joins Cisco from outside, the salaries can be pretty high depending upon one's current salary. Most of the Cisco core products(routers & switches) are stable, there is more of maintenance work than new development. I will not recommend some one who intends to start career at cisco India. This is a good place to work after gaining some experience in some company working on new products which provide ample opportunities to work on new product development.