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    Cisco Systems Reviews

    Updated December 17, 2018
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    1. Helpful (2)

      "Sr IT Manager"

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      Current Employee - IT Manager in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - IT Manager in San Jose, CA
      Recommends

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work with good work life balance

      Cons

      Salaries and benefits need to improve

      Advice to Management

      Hire good talent from outside. Bring in fresh perspective.

    2. Helpful (6)

      "A great high tech company, although lost it's values on doing the right thing for their employees"

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      Current Employee - Customer Success Manager
      Current Employee - Customer Success Manager
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Working with some of the industry's top technology. Good pay. Employees are encouraged to give back to their communities.

      Cons

      At times there are layoffs that make no sense. Most recently Cisco released the entire Customer Success Management organization (hundreds of people) just before the Thanksgiving holiday without providing any 'real' opportunity to find a job internally even though they pubilically stated so. For months it was previously promised by Executive Management that there would be jobs to easily transition to as it would only be a 'job reclassification' and not a layoff. This was not true at all as everyone was released including the employees that started the organization three years ago with 15+ years of experience at Cisco, and 30 years in the industry. Sad to see these great dedicated employees leave the company, good luck to them.

      Advice to Management

      If you are going to say that you care about your employees and are trying to provide them with a new job internally then you should actually do so. Having employees reapply for a job that they have been doing for years and then not even giving them an interview is not really caring about them, and is not the 'Cisco Family' that has been always preached. This might be why so many members of the Executive Management team have recently left the company since it is not the same caring company that it was a few years ago, and those that have left didn't want to stay to see it shift in this negative direction.

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    3. "Director Sales"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time

      Pros

      Work/Life balance, great benefits, great opportunity to learn and a lot of resources available to help you win

      Cons

      Quarterly restructures, very large company.

    4. "Engineer III"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time

      Pros

      1. Awesome work culture, 2. Excellent team mates, 3. Great employee benefits

      Cons

      1. Cannot think of anything at the moment

    5. Helpful (4)

      "If you're a star they'll treat you like one -- otherwise not really interested."

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      Current Employee - Engineering Manager
      Current Employee - Engineering Manager
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits. Flexible hours to work. Most of the people you will work with are interesting and helpful.

      Cons

      If you are not a star (not in the top 40%) then expect to get less than cost-of-living salary increases and to get farther and farther behind average salary as you stay there. In addition, they have periodic layoffs to get rid of the "lowest" performers so you may not have a choice even if you are providing quality work and earning every bit of your loaded salary and more. Stable, high quality work just isn't enough to be a star.

      Advice to Management

      Treat your solid workers as valuable.

    6. "Network Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Network Engineer in Santa Clara, CA
      Current Employee - Network Engineer in Santa Clara, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great company culture
      Great benefits, generous PTO, volunteer time off, etc
      Good bonus program

      Cons

      This is not a company where you can sit and be comfortable. They constantly push the edge and you have to stay on top of certifications and training.

    7. "Good company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Jose, CA

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible time
      Work from home
      good pay

      Cons

      No cons at all for this company

    8. "Great place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Corporate culture, Quality of co-workers, Innovation

      Cons

      Difficult to move to different roles
      Promotion is hit and miss
      Current Services leadership does not understand the business.

    9. "Great Company"

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      Former Employee - Channel Manager in Miami, FL
      Former Employee - Channel Manager in Miami, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Cisco will change your life, it will take over and it it all up to you what to do with that wild ride.

      Cons

      Same as Pros!

    10. "Good company"

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      Former Employee - Accounting Manager in San Jose, CA
      Former Employee - Accounting Manager in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cisco Systems (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great people. fexible hours. good benefit.

      Cons

      The usual big company challenges: it takes longer to get things done due to many layers of teams and stakeholders.