Cisco reviews

Two years on from my departure and I still struggle to identify anything remotely positive about Cisco beyond staying for share options. Continual, stealth headcount reductions after each quarter's results have gradually removed those with the energy and creativity that Cisco desperately needs to reinvent itself. For those early-in-career, I'm not convinced that having Cisco on the resume/CV helps. My experience is it can hinder you when applying to new roles as you are tarred with having worked in a slow-moving, behemoth company rather than a fast-moving agile start-up. Let's face it - this is a company that should have owned the whole videoconference market in the wake of COVID-19 via WebEx yet it is Zoom that has stolen both the zeitgeist and the market. That should be enough for the Board to call for Chuck to step down and for them to bring in a visionary technology leader rather than yet another senior salesperson with a strategy that only looks 2 quarters out in a vain attempt to keep Wall St happy...

1) nothing much to learn . There is no clear roadmap for why to evaluate new ideas. Its just that cisco has money so they invest and if it doesnt work then just throw the people out. 2) mass layoffs frequently. 3) constant state of comparison rather motivating for getting things done . 4) people who knows how to sustain in cisco they can but people who are intelligent but dont have the survival skills in cisco wont make it. 5) 100 of propietory frameworks by cisco ,because of which you will be lost and you wont be able to learn anything new and its very difficult to understand the existing framework completely. 6) 100% revocation of vote for Chuck robbins as CEO. 7) never refer any colleague to join CISCO. Bad place to work. 8) work environment is serious all the time ,no vibrant environment to keep energising people. People here work like robots .such a pity( cisco was once my dream company , and sometimes dream doeant comeout as you think). 9) negligible to no hikes.