Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,701 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,701 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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34K reviews
3.0
Feb 18, 2010

Ok company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good health plan and 401k

Cons

lazy workers. paid too much for what they do

2.0
Feb 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong and professional Sales leadership, overall a culture of respect, some good events and things here and there

Cons

no work-life balance, career dead end in some teams with unprofessional managers, limited internal job roles within, extremely difficult to get promotion, perks and benefits diminishing, some teams don't allow working from home with many multiple micro-management tactics, more and more political and bureaucratic, employee are getting more risk averse to take risks

4.0
Feb 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good job, predictable, well-defined routine. Decent compensation and everything that comes with a large stable company.

Cons

Hard to survive without cisco ecosystem, very narrow view of technology, lots of powerpoint -- very little real work. Not a good place to build something internally.

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