Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,669 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,669 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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5.0
Jul 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and challenging work. Effective management. Excellent coworkers. Excellent compensation and benefits. Excellent work/life balance. Minimal paperwork and red-tape, most all processes are handled over the corporate intranet.

Cons

The stock price has been declining recently.

5.0
Jun 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of Autonomy; Hands off yet highly supportive managers; I get to run my team as an entrepeneuer; interesting, critical, varied work; surrounded by really smart people; great benefits, including dental and 401k matching - the best I've seen; Management transparency, frequent communications, dynamic leaders; reasonable perks; excellent training and development programs; stellar sales team

Cons

salaries do not track the industry or cost of living; some VPs are incompetent; things are starting to move too slowly with new bureaucracy; tools and systems may be somewhat cumbersome

5.0
Jun 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable and growth company. Good management team. Very broadcast product lines for networking product.

Cons

Becoming too large. Not very successful to build consumer oriented products.

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