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 2856 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2706 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2135 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1224 reviews)); "Good compensation and pay." ((in 1106 reviews))

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

"This also leads to relatively frequent layoffs of redundant divisions and attrition as acquired employees become fully vested and seek opportunities elsewhere." ((in 1939 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 892 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 648 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 179 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cisco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cisco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cisco in 2026.

Cisco reviews

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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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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34K reviews

2.0

Jun 20, 2022

Woke Company failing under Chuck Robbins

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

SEs are given access to equipment to train on

Cons

This will company gave $25 million to be BLM And the same year laid off hundreds of employees. They set aside days to give homage to GLBT but fire people who speak up in disagreement because in an all hands meeting employees are told they are racist because of the color of their skin.

1.0

Jun 7, 2022

Terrible place to work

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

there's not really a hope to working in this company

Cons

this is a declining company, not worth working at all

2.0

Jun 3, 2022

Going Woke losing good people

Sr. account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, competitive pay, market leader in everything

Cons

Too many all hands calls to bash white people and scream racism. In your face die hard liberal leadership. Gave $1M to BLM. CEO recently said we don't want your thoughts and prayers they don't work anymore. We need to take action. This in regards to recent violence in the US. Desperately anti gun. Blindly follows anything Liberal politicians tell them to with no regard to other views. Publicly bashed white people, Republicans, pro 2nd amendment employees, and likened them all to terrorists and racists!

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