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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,630 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 33,630 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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      34K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 29, 2008

      If you respect your self stay away from Cisco

      Senior marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good reputation, benefits, and flexible working location. Good vision and nice story. It's a pity that middle level management (directors and senior directors) destroy such a great company.

      Cons

      Exec management is disconnected from the rest of the company. People are not important and they treated as such. Great place to suffer as professional and descent human being!

      4.0
      Jul 29, 2008

      Cisco - a great place to be.

      Manager, systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility is probably the key benefit to working at Cisco. We have the ability (and also the responsibility) to manage our work/life in whatever why we feel is appropriate. We are measured on results, and not (always) on being politically visable.

      Cons

      We are not as good at giving feedback as we would like to believe. Cisco is very open in giving positive feedback, and if something goes very wrong, we are very open addressing it and improving on it. However when things run 'ok' the organisation never really takes time to feedback and improve on it.

      2.0
      Jul 28, 2008

      Cisco, nice good place to coast, bad place to innovate or raise the bar.

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - For someone interested in networking, security, and unified communications, Cisco is one of the better large companies to apply your skills - If you have the right position in the right BU/organization, you obviously can make a large impact, given Cisco's success in the marketplace - Overall, Cisco seems to have generally nice people - Certain items such as its core values (ethics, frugality) are pushed downward quite effectively - Cisco shines in sales and channels

      Cons

      - Cisco has a long way to go in terms of effective product delivery (including product management and engineering). Too often, it must acquire in order to enter new markets. - Product cycles are too long (1-2 yrs on average from concept to FCS) - Brain-drain (outward) - Too bureaucratic in terms of career growth, ownership of efforts, accountability - When one can get higher compensation, more responsibility/authority/accountability, better title at other technology companies, one has to wonder what true advantage there is to stay at Cisco - Too many "lifers" coasting

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