Does Cisco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cisco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cisco. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cisco?

81% of Cisco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cisco 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cisco?

Software Engineer (3677) , Senior Software Engineer (1004) , Program Manager (621) , Project Manager (607) , Account Manager (595) , Network Consulting Engineer (496) , Systems Engineer (464) , Network Engineer (449) , Technical Consulting Engineer (420) , Business Analyst (412) , Technical Leader (353) , Product Manager (328) , Senior Manager (328) , Technical Lead (326) , Director (325)

What are the pros of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"There are alot of great people and the culture is great!" ((in 2878 reviews)); "Worked for Cisco for over 10 years the best I can say Benefits are good." ((in 2707 reviews)); "Also great for people with families as lot work in hybrid settings or from home." ((in 2130 reviews)); "work culture is good and balanced" ((in 1223 reviews)); "Good compensation and pay." ((in 1137 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cisco according to real employee reviews?

"This also leads to relatively frequent layoffs of redundant divisions and attrition as acquired employees become fully vested and seek opportunities elsewhere." ((in 1947 reviews)); "Poor management (both middle and top)" ((in 882 reviews)); "Bad Managers were promoted." ((in 642 reviews)); "Too much politics; people don't work for the common goal but to justify their existence" ((in 201 reviews)); "Middle and upper management seems very oblivious." ((in 178 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cisco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cisco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cisco in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cisco locations?

Milano , Vimercate , Roma , Itala , Pisa

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,667 total reviews)

Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,667 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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34K reviews

3.0

Oct 1, 2008

Comfortable place to work, but mediocre engineering talent.

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and lots of different opportunities to move to within the company. They do a good job of recognizing and rewarding extra effort put in to help customers and internal processes.

Cons

Mediocre engineering talent. There are not enough really good engineers to interact with and learn from. This can make the environment very exhausting/isolating as you have to explain the basics over-and-over again. Many of the development processes are very manual which makes things time-consuming and error-prone. The acquired companies don't always integrate completely and tend to stay off in their own world instead of leveraging existing infrastructure already in place and in use by other parts of the company.

3.0

Oct 1, 2008

cisco explored

Solution marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

empowerment, good benefits, good work culture

Cons

no growth, no promotions, slow decision process

2.0

Oct 1, 2008

Cisco is a good place for Jr. Level people to start their career

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Locally, it is one of the highest paid company. It is really the only game in town. Hours are flexible with a lot rich company amenities like free soft drinks and bottled water. Still paying a bonus --- for now. This is a very good place for out of college people - lots of security and compensation for Jr. level people.

Cons

Cisco is a very SJ centric company. All major decisions are made out of SJ. RTP is a staff augmentation to SJ with most people are reporting to managers/directors in SJ. Visibility is one of the biggest factor for promotion and not performance. Reward the dive and catch more than sound and steady management. Lack a good portfolio management process causing too many projects/initiatives with questionable values and results. Artificial time bounded project

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