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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,605 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      78% approve of CEO

      68% 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 33,605 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
      5.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Cisco - a leader in the industry

      Marketign manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cisco is an arms dealer - as internet technoligies and appliceations get more and more pervasive nad popular, as data and voice gets more and more critical to business and commerce - Cisco only stands to gain. Good company, healthy culture, great benefits, good inter transfer opportunties

      Cons

      Matrix organization can be difficult to work in, silos and turf wars happen often, if you are in corp then San Jose is where you need to be to get ahead. Promotion seems to happen only when you look like you will leave otherwise - not because it is deserved

      5.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      In summary

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great technology, leader in the space

      Cons

      over hiring has changed things, huge cutbacks in expenses, to many accountants managing spreadsheets much different then 6 to 8 yrs ago.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      I am reasonably happy person at Cisco

      Software engineer iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get tremendous information out there inside Cisco Systems about processes, technology and ideas. You only can get benefited because of this wealth of knowledge. The overall compensation and benefits is one of the best in the industry. Cisco is one place where there are all sorts of career opportunities on offer and they actually encourage you to move around and increase the breadth of your experience and skills. There are mechanisms in place to immediately reward employees for any kind of outstanding performance so even as a big company that keeps motivated and devoted in solving the problems at hand during crisis situation

      Cons

      They make the same mistake as every other large company in that they tie performance and career development feedback with the monetary benefits. So it naturally results in the performance feedback influenced by the amount of money available to any team in that year's budget. There is too much of middle level management who have gone there just because they stuck with the company and not necessarily because of leadership skills and that shows up in how they lead. Cisco has this notorious habit of not bringing middle level management from outside. They should atleast balance internal promotions with bringing fresh leadership from outside

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