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Chuck Robbins
3,503 Ratings
Pros
"Great place to work with good work life balance" (in 2227 reviews)
"Work From Home for Interns also" (in 1022 reviews)
Cons
"Work/Life balance can be challenging - you have to be fully committed" (in 427 reviews)
"A big company has a bureaucracy" (in 346 reviews)
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"Solutions Integration Architect"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
objective results, teleworking, not micromanagement, great benefits
Cons
to many silos, to many organizational changes
Cisco Systems 2018-05-25 11:05 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Best Place to work"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Gives you the opportunities for career growth, Good work culture
Cons
Layoff / downsized happens frequently . Not Secure job
Cisco Systems 2018-07-12 02:12 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Great Company to work for"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Benefits are great, work life balance exceptional and work culture was great
Cons
depending on the area/department there can be roadblocks to advance although some teams are very good at this.
Cisco Systems 2018-07-12 02:18 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Great benefits and work-life balance!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
You can find a lot of opportunities to move around in the company and work on different products. Cisco provides great benefits except free food :)
Cons
Cisco Salaries in bay area are lower than other companies around.
Cisco Systems 2018-07-12 13:17 PDTHelpful (1)
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"awesome in every way"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
salary, vision, strategy, work from home
Cons
big company probs, complexity, layers
Advice to Management
nicely done Chuck
Cisco Systems 2018-07-07 19:02 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"IT Sr. Manager"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
corporate culture , stability, Global, market leader, Great value stock
Cons
stagnation, too many layers, relation based vs Knowledge based
Advice to Management
Encourage rotation
Cisco Systems 2018-07-07 19:42 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Virtual Sales Specialist"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Surrounded by incredibly smart people everyday
- Generous compensation/PTO/benefits
- Company is headed in a very exciting direction
- Career progression/flexibility in your role is something that is encouragedCons
Can be a bit of bureaucracy due to being a large company, but everyone is very transparent and willing to help. Not many cons at all. I am very proud to represent the Cisco brand.
Cisco Systems 2018-07-06 10:11 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Cisco is amazing"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great work-life balance, pay is pretty fair for the market and love the ESPP and 401K.
Cons
Very difficult to get raises and promotions
Cisco Systems 2018-07-06 10:57 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Good Company"
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Benefits,
Work Life Balance,
People & CultureCons
Cisco is going through transformation and therefore as is expected there is some internal ambiguity while things are sorted out
Cisco Systems 2018-07-05 09:59 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Executive Assistant"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Working with an international, diverse team
Cons
Office politics, some “clique mentality” occurrences
Cisco Systems 2018-07-05 16:12 PDT
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