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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (33,672 total reviews)
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      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 33,672 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
      4.0
      Sep 16, 2008

      Great internship experience, but got screwed over with the choice program.

      Hardware test engineer - intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, resources, and the network. One of the best place to intern or do a 6-month co-op as an engineer.

      Cons

      Large corporation. Easy to get lost in the crowd of people with similar skills. Bad communication amongst different department and business units. I was hired as a Hardware Engineer intern for the "Cisco Choice Program." The uniqueness of the program is that if you do well during your internship you will get hired back and get to interview the managers of different business units within Cisco and pick which Business Unit you want to work for. Due to the bad economy and higher ups decisions, they decided to cut all hardware engineers position for the Cisco choice program leaving only Software and MBA students.

      5.0
      Sep 14, 2008

      Great place to work if you have the right management team.

      Technical leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco is organized like a series of small companies (Business Units, or BU's), brought together under a single umbrella. As such, there are many different opportunities and career choices available. Want to work on streaming video? Think that Java is a better choice for web interfaces than C? Have strong feelings about whether XML is really a good interface between cross-domain components? Find the right BU that is working on the technology, and a manager or tech lead who is open to ideas, and the opportunity is there. The engineering development methodology can be a pain, but it does insure that the project you are working on will not get cancelled after you've put in uncounted hours.

      Cons

      Your job satisfaction will depend on the abilities of the managers and tech leads in your Business Unit (BU). If the BU is led by non-visionary or agenda-driven people who are not open to change, then this will just be another job. Recognition may be based on politics or the buddy system, instead of competence, and ineffective managers will not want to rock the boat or get rid of deadwood. Cisco stock isn't going anywhwere, so options aren't worth much.

      3.0
      Sep 14, 2008

      Good place to work if money is no option

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work arrangements and use of Web2.0 are widely available and well adopted. It is fun to work with new technology

      Cons

      Stagnant pay- there are usually many years between salary adjustments. No longer offering stock options for non-executive manager, pay cuts for contract-to-perm arrangements, salaray target @ 65% of market, managers are really not empowered to compensate based on performance- no matter what they tell you.

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