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Pros
"Great place to work with good work life balance" (in 2333 reviews)
"Work From Home for Interns also" (in 1053 reviews)
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"Work life balance can be poor in certain groups / certain times" (in 447 reviews)
"A big company has a bureaucracy" (in 357 reviews)
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
Good to work at cisco
Cons
Parallel work & bit of politics
Cisco Systems 2018-10-12 11:10 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"A great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Lots of room for career growth, different job opportunities, and the benefits are great!
Cons
There's a lot of layers of management, within each organization. While making an impact is possible, it can become challenging to make a company-wide impact.
Cisco Systems 2018-10-13 17:24 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Great company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
Great company all around.
Cons
It is hard to leave. A lot of my colleagues that left ended up coming back.
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you have been doing.
Cisco Systems 2018-10-12 07:24 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Hit and Miss"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Cisco Systems full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Working virtual and global partnerships
Cons
Lack of strategy and leadership
Cisco Systems 2018-10-12 09:44 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Best Tech Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
Fair big salary and compensation
Cons
There are need work from home
Cisco Systems 2018-10-11 14:20 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Great leave policies - family friendly"
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RecommendsI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
Cisco offers great leave policies that are very supportive to working mothers. Their standard parental leave is 19 weeks fully paid. Additionally, they offer paid time off to volunteer in your community, for example at a local school. Their benefits system is generous and very easy to figure out - there's always someone available to answer a question by phone/email/etc.
Cons
It's a big company (70K+ employees) so it can be hard to navigate.
Cisco Systems 2018-10-11 08:15 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Overall good company despite annual layoffs"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Cisco Systems (More than 3 years)
Pros
- Benefits
-Stock
-Mandatory holiday close during Christmas-New Year's
-Great culture
-flexibilityCons
Not all managers believe in the Cisco culture so they have a tendency to mircro manage and frown upon working from home.
Work life balance can be blurred
-Advice to Management
Management please make sure you encourage your management team to allow the flexibility that makes Cisco great. TStop doing so many layoffs
Cisco Systems 2018-10-08 04:28 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Loving my work at Cisco!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Cisco has a great culture - we encourage our employees to be active in their communities and to volunteer, we have a strong team environment, and we are encouraged to innovate and take risks. We have great collaboration tools that allow many employees to work remotely and we do encourage work/life balance. I love my team, my peers and the future of Cisco as a leader in technology.
Cons
Learning to navigate your way around Cisco can be a challenge. It is a very big and complex organization, but your teammates will help you! There are pockets of bureaucracy and legacy behaviors that we could improve on. We need to integrate some of our tools and become more cutting edge.
Advice to Management
Pay attention to the effects of constant change on your teams. Sometimes it's not easy to change courses and it can be draining. Also, don't let the limitations of the tools affect the way we do our work. Continue to encourage the break down of silos and cross-collaboration between functions - we still have some work to do here.
Cisco Systems 2018-10-10 18:28 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Great Place"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time
Pros
Renumeration, Company growth trajectory, CSR activities
Cons
Politics, Not growing as fast as previously
Cisco Systems 2018-10-09 09:15 PDT![Cisco Systems Logo]()
"Overall Good Company w/ Flexibility"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cisco Systems full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Work-life balance, work from home perks, good benefits -- full gym, health center on campus, job stability, free shuttle from SF, growth opportunities
Cons
- A LOT of corporate politics which creates a negative work environment where teams within the same organization are fighting against each other instead of working together
- Still working in a waterfall/semi-agile
- Not a "tech start-up" feel (limited free snacks, subsidized lunch, gym cost comes from pay check, not very many millenials)
- lack of clear roles and responsibilitiesAdvice to Management
Senior managment in Operations needs to figure out the structure of the organization with clear roles and responsibilities for each team so that teams start working together as a unified company towards a common goal instead of working against one another fighting for power/ownership of work.
Cisco Systems 2018-10-08 21:01 PDT
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