Cisco Systems Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Growth opportunities, generous salary, ground-breaking projects.

Cons – Hours can be long, though this is dependent on specific role.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase graduate numbers, look at ways to recruit "global graduates" - e.g. those with international experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Cisco takes very good care of its employees. Work ethic is taken extremely seriously and so is the respect towards your coworkers

Cons – Like any big company Cisco is at times engulfed with "processes" that impact productivity and creativity and this can become source of frustration.

Advice to Senior Management – Encourage creativity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time

Pros – Excellent training opportunities, endless learning, a great place to work! Very nice benefits.

Cons – Really eats into your life, you can work 30 hours one week and 70 hours the next.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – You have empowerment on you accounts and projects so you don't need to ask for the bless of anyone... "With great power, comes great responsibility".

Cons – Some offices are filled with cold people... they are nice, but you simply don't have too much interaction with them after work or even during the work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1. Lot of flexibility at work
2. Work quality --> Depends on BU. In my BU its ok/good.

Cons – Not much. Depends on which BU you work for.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Learn and innovate at your pace
Excellent health benefits

Cons – Prefers acquisition than organic growth of products

Advice to Senior Management – More focus on few products than spread.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Cisco has a bunch of perks; Flexibility, Growth, Exposure, Work/Life Balance, Great Atmosphere, Work Family. Overall Cisco cares about their employees and what makes them happy.

Cons – Cisco only has a couple of negatives in my opinion. Performance reviews are slightly unfair but don't really harm you(meaning you are more likely to get average but that means good). Visiting HQ depends upon the team you work for and some teams never send people some limits visibility face to face (WebEx makes up for that a little but still would like to shake a hand from time to time.)

Advice to Senior Management – Send your employees once every 2 years to shake hands in primary work locations. Find a better way to stank rank employees based on peers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Schedule flexibility. Depends on the nature of your job, however from my experience, I've been able to achieve a successful career and still be present for the afterschool and in-class activities, sicknesses and other situations where a typical "in-office" 8-5 job would not allow.

Cons – Tyring to achieve a job change within a different organization within the company can be challenging.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest more into the in-house career movement tool

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great open culture, opportunities for personal and professional development, cutting edge technology, great people to work with.diversity

Cons – work life balance might sometimes be a bit of a challenge

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Establish company and is the industry leader in their field of technologies

Cons – It's a large company that operated as a company within companies

Advice to Senior Management – Employee focusing on personal growth and financial rewards