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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,586 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      79% approve of CEO

      67% 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 33,586 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
      5.0
      Jun 12, 2016

      Great place to work!

      Senior business operations manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility, great benefits, competitive salary, positive work environment Have worked at another company since leaving and realized how well Cisco takes care of their employees. Current employees should be very thankful because the grass is definitely not greener on the other side.

      Cons

      The area the company needs to focus on is laying off the employees who are not performing or are on performance improvement plans. I saw a lot of very talented and intelligent employees with proven track records get impacted by the layoffs and noticed the under performing employees are still there. They also need to spend some time focusing on the international employees as well. I worked with a lot of international folks who were not performing but managed to not be impacted by the layoffs due to country laws. The company really needs to take a closer look at that as well.

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      Cisco Response
      9y
      Thank you for your review! Everything you mentioned is a fair statement about Cisco. We are addressing the issue with layoffs, but as you know our environment is constantly changing and layoffs are sometimes a part of this change. Our Talent Sync Ups encourage 1:1 conversations with employees and their managers, and we are seeing progress with our employee communication because of this! We will take all of your comments into serious consideration. Thank you!
      4.0
      Jun 1, 2016

      Great company until they lay you off

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits. Telecommuting. Education and growth potential.

      Cons

      They will lay you off at the drop of a hat. I lived through several but didn't duck fast enough for the latest one. The growth potential is also highly touted but the actual execution still fails due to politics and favoritism.

      5.0
      Apr 12, 2019

      Such a great place to work!

      Collaboration customer success manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Extremely supportive coworkers (the most helpful people I know) -The benefits are amazing - not just 401K/PTO/Health Insurance, but Cisco has so many continued learning events and resources, 5 days VTO (volunteer time off) to give back, employee resource organizations to get involved with, on site gym (with awesome classes) and healthcare facilities, plus a lot of on-site events to promote cross-collaboration with other groups. - The pay is amazing. - Very communicative and transparent with all changes/considerations. We have monthly All-Hands via Cisco TV where our CEO and much of the C-Suite are updating us on the latest happenings in the company. - Very supportive leadership in ensuring you are set up for success and continually helping you to identify and plan for future roles you may want to take on.

      Cons

      - The commute/traffic to RTP. - Like many large companies, there are a lot of old tools, processes, and systems that you have to use to do your job. They are working hard to consolidate them though! - Again, with many other large companies, lay offs can happen (but Cisco did put on an internal career fair the last time for those being displaced to try and refill open positions based on skillsets of those that were impacted.)

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