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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (33,614 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 33,614 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
      1.0
      Nov 8, 2016

      Aweful place to work far away from Cisco values

      Inside sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Market leader, branding, office facility

      Cons

      Micro management and culture of fear Many people left after in 6 months, 1 or 2 years max of service Fear, uncertainty and doubt Call center mindset Management is absolutely awful. A kind of toxic environment. Probably 5 years ago it was a good place to work. But these days you should skip it - or at least know what you are walking into. Fear and intimidation are the only tactics left. Random acts of management in a totalitarian style combined with ignorance and carelessness may be bordering on psychological torture with some sense of virtue At least 30% turnover Big culture gap with the other Cisco team Low salary for the industry (+/- £50K OTE)

      1.0
      Sep 4, 2016

      Cisco's time has passed!

      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      WFH provide some flexibility (to make up for very heavy workload)

      Cons

      Cisco Sr. Leadership continued to make really bad hiring, strategic, and tactical decisions as related to Cloud. It obviously lost the race on SDN, Cloud to Amazon and Microsoft. Its strategy of laying off people annually to cut cost is obvious the wrong strategy. It really kills the morale within the company, divides the people (millennial vs 40+'s.) Also it is a complete mess of bureaucracy among high and middle-management and a lack of advancement opportunities are stifling innovation.

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      Cisco Response
      9y
      Thank you for your review. We understand that change can be uncomfortable, but making strategic decisions is the only way we can remain a great place to work. We acknowledge that we are not perfect, and will take your review into consideration as we plan to improve.
      1.0
      Aug 29, 2016

      Get Back to make great products

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great benefits, work life balance.

      Cons

      Acquisitions are frequently abandoned after few years as non strategic - which raises the question on the process how due diligence was carried out during evaluation of the acquisition Annual Layoffs in Aug-Sep time frame every year. Executives are focussed in making wall street happy at the cost of customer and employee satisfaction Cloud Initiative was a flop and the company has No cloud or analytics strategy while AWS and Azure continue to execute and grow. Top Heavy - everyone is a leader or visionary while there is no one to do the actual work

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      Cisco Response
      9y
      We will take your concerns into consideration and acknowledge that it has been a tough time for many of our employees.
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