Cisco reviews

It probably sounds like sour grapes, but anyone considering reviews should be aware of the issues too and decide for themselves what to do. There are some people in charge of other people in the Service organization that are abusive and unreasonable. I was cautioned by a recruiter about their reputations (in writing), but it was even worse than he admitted. They have no idea what they are doing. Seriously. There is no way working under them that you can be successful. It was an unfortunate experience and tops the list of bad news. In a large company bad apples can hide for a long time and cause a lot of damage, all around.

Unstable business model where reductions in force are a regular way to trim costs. If you look at Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN) notifications that Cisco has had to file in the last several years, here are the results in terms of number of employees laid off in San Jose by date: 10/18/13 - 899; 9/21/12 - 291; 8/19/11 - 1051; 7/18/11 - 55; 8/21/09 - 15; 7/31/09 - 6; 7/16/09 - 704; 6/16/09 - 22; 6/15/09 -25; 5/30/09 - 127; 4/24/09 - 233...and so on.