Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3672) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (605) , Account Manager (593) , Network Consulting Engineer (495) , Systems Engineer (463) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (418) , Business Analyst (413) , Technical Leader (353) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2834 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2705 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2149 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1221 reviews)); "Bonus pay is good and most often it is more than the 100% of the target bonus" ((in 1088 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"This also leads to relatively frequent layoffs of redundant divisions and attrition as acquired employees become fully vested and seek opportunities elsewhere." ((in 1938 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 885 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 644 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 199 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 179 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cisco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cisco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cisco in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cisco locations?

Buenos Aires , Republica Argentina

Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,639 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 33,639 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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34K reviews

4.0

Oct 13, 2011

Overall great place to work

Software engineer iv

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Liked the work and culture

Cons

It is a large company and it is getting better in resource management/alignment.

4.0

Oct 2, 2011

Good company to work for...but, seems to want to avoid transition to being a great one.

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good management. Much better people skills than most tech companies. - Executive leadership you can respect. - Good starting salaries, generous cash bonuses, good ESPP. - Stability, many employees make a career of working here through retirement; unique in this field. - By far the most accepting work environment for employees of diverse backgrounds; in my personal experience (comparing to Microsoft, Bank of America, Intel, Government, and some smaller techs.).

Cons

- Benefits are weak. Insurance portion you pay is higher than other are companies. No sick days. - Unlike most techs, stock awards and options are limited to a select few high-level folks. - 70's sweatshop work environment: cubicles, no offices. Bad for engineering; maybe ok for...?? - Infrastructure is clunky. Patchwork of Oracle/Unix stuff from the '90, inefficient internal tools. - Cisco IT sucks (sounds mean, but I'm understating.) Product teams outsource for reliable IT. - Promotion path is fuzzy, many employees give up in frustration and advance through leaving. - 4 weeks PTO sounds good, but they force to use one for annual company shut-down, so it's really only 3. And, you get no sick days, so people tend to work when ill rather than blow the family vacation, which in turn infects more people. (Contrast with 2 sick weeks, all holidays, plus 5 weeks vacation for senior people at Microsoft and other companies.)

5.0

Sep 12, 2011

Awesome

Software intern ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice learning experience with awesome work. Really good location and also they treated every intern as one of their team mates.

Cons

The irregular financial activities in the market used to threaten employees about the layoff thing due to market crashes. And I dont think theres any other problem while working with them

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