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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,696 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

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      Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,696 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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      4.0
      Mar 16, 2009

      Cisco is best place for career enhancement, once you are in, start planning for your next move OUT.

      Systems engineer
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      Pros

      You will gain much experience in a very short time because the expectation is always so high since day one. During your career you need to develop your knowledge and skills and its a must, you will have a plan for your manager on what courses you will be taken during the year. So far, the environment at cisco is multicultural and open in term of communication with upper management or any other departments.

      Cons

      You can never guarantee anything regarding your career, Cisco is a great place to work for, but never think about it as a life time job, and even if you could do so, be sure you have lost your life.

      4.0
      Jan 28, 2009

      Overall good place to work with a very dynamic product.

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good place to start a career within IT. The company exist of very diverced mix of young people. Although the company is now part of Cisco Systems it still remains with an own identity. It´s also a positive to have the name of Cisco in the brand as more people take you serious.

      Cons

      As the product allows companies to collaborate online from any place and any os system they are not that flexible to their own employees allowing them working from home that much. Another downside is that the EMEA-HQ mainly got US managers which is a disadvantage. It would be better if the management existed of european managers who understands the european diversity and complexity with regards to the different countries.

      3.0
      Jan 19, 2009

      Fast paced but unorganized, fragmented systems, too much execution focus

      Senior software engineer
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast aggressive workplace. Too much focus on operational issues and not much on learning and skill development.

      Cons

      Will be hard to learn new skills and change jobs. Anytime you change you are placed at the back of the promotion queue. So easy to get pigenholed. I changed mutliple roles and found that each time I was placed in the back of the queue. After few years, I was ridiculously lower grade, while they brought fresh people with unproven skills at much higher levels. Also my manager gave me a high speech about innovation and doing things differently to grow while people were coming in at a lot higher grade without doing any of these things. That is the biggest issue.

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