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?

83% 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 (3659) , Senior Software Engineer (1002) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (603) , Account Manager (593) , Network Consulting Engineer (491) , Systems Engineer (463) , Network Engineer (448) , Technical Consulting Engineer (417) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (353) , Senior Manager (328) , Product Manager (327) , Director (325) , Technical Lead (324)

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 2821 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2699 reviews)); "Great people and teams who have a strong tradition of doing right by the customer and a passion for winning." ((in 2123 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1213 reviews)); "cisco is a good place becuase it does not make you work like crrazy and they pay you well enough" ((in 1091 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 1902 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 876 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 645 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 208 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 176 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.

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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(33,568 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

79% 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 33,568 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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5.0

May 25, 2026

Great work-life balance, but limited growth opportunities

Technical consulting engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

++ Great work life balance and suppportive management ++ Learning cutting edge technology and milestones

Cons

++ Less growth oppurtinities in cross domain upskilling post AI implementations

2.0

May 25, 2026

A place you could stay forever if you wanted to, but you might not be the happiest.

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Better work/life balance than other big tech companies based out of Silicon Valley - Encourages people to transfer internally rather than find a job outside of the company, so people are willing to give you a chance on a job role you haven't done before or have been wanting to try.

Cons

- Very bad leadership across several x-functional organizations. Very widely discussed amongst employees how leadership is getting worse and worse. - Several large organizations have a very toxic culture with a lot of rude and aggressive people. You have to be very careful and protect yourself because they will try to take advantage of you and shift blame wherever possible.

2.0

May 25, 2026

Constant layoffs, clueless leadership

Technical program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall good benefits, some remote opportunities offered

Cons

No career growth path whatsoever, constant layoffs, tone deaf leadership and a really toxic culture on certain teams. If you want to work at a siloed company where you'll get stuck repeating useless tasks and where there's no chance for growth, this is the place for you

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