Cisco Employee Reviews
Out of 917 Cisco employee reviews, 87% were positive. The remaining 13% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Cisco improve their work culture. The HR team, with 98% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Cisco compared to all other departments at the company. The Business Development team offered the most constructive feedback, with 54% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They run a lean, efficient organization.
willingness to listen and knowing you have a voice
Leadership listens and advocates for it's employees
They stayed out of the way
Inclusive , supportive, keeps the team engaged and motivated
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Devoid of any human connection, all about the numbers. Totally opposite of what they preach
Industry knowledge is lacking completely in new hire
My manager needs. To be fair, doesnt pay fair or doesnt speak up for people fairly
Toxic executive in Customer Success CX. She needs to go she has destroyed the culture in services
Review from Customer Success Dept
They keep lay off people every 4 months and hire new people who leave after the canonical 1 or 2 years.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Stock options are valuable and appreciated. However there was no room in the budget this year for COLA raises or option refreshes.
great benefits and compensation and stock
Compensation is fair and very rewarding
Stocks are the est part
Benefits including time off and time to give
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I believe my job is miscategorized for comp comparison because of the function i sit in
The numbers are well below the market and they just dodge the reality by rotating the prism through which you look at the numbers to make them look more colorful.
better base pay, RSU and bonus will make feel happy
Better pay parity between old and new employees
Review from Marketing Dept
The pay and insurance dint match
What are some of the best things about your team?
The team focuses on getting the job done and the product out the door in spite of numerous interruptions and side-tracks.
Smart and interested in doing the right things
All people may help each out and deliver as promised
we work well together and have each others back.
Supportive, intelligent, hardworking, care for the company
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
There are infinite personal agendas of VPs and SVPs and that's what gets prioritized, there is no unifying vision for any large segment of Cisco.
Review from Engineering Dept
no problems ever get solved, everyone is pitted against each other, toxic teams
My team are doing the best they can given the tremendous administrative and unnecessary work imposed by COO. We all need to learn to push back on unproductive work
Review from Customer Success Dept
communication is terrible, learning is not a thing
Try to work together across the org instead of staying in your silos.
Review from Marketing Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
we all striving for common goals
Diversity and Inclusion is important
Transparent collaborative interactive supportive growth
can do, inclusive and diverse
Encouraging and supportive people and good mentors
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Accountability and performance management need to make an appearance. This has been an issue for years.
Review from Engineering Dept
Team building is non existent
Chance some of the top leadership specifically the COO
Review from Customer Success Dept
Transparency, listening to the customer and employees, get rid of execution on the ELT who manage by intimidation and fear, balance messaging between social issues and business strategy and how the company executes on its goals. There has been a tendency lately to focus on social issues too much
What you know isn't as important as who you know. Living in fear of constant LRs are driving away the best people.
Review from Marketing Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
Techincal questions and in depth understanding of protocols
Quick and efficient Got through it fast
I felt i was important
Well timed, informed and effective
Negotiating the salary and job offer
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Keep it more similar to real world problems.
I started the process of applying for Cisco GVSE in November 2018 and was not hired until October 2019. I thought the interview process ok, but very long time until I was given formal offer letter even though it was relayed to me that I would be hired in April of 2019.
Review from Sales Dept
I have never interviewed with our company, I was part of an acquisition in the days before Cisco had really put a good process in place for acquisitions. We had a lot of problems moving into Cisco's infrastructure the first year.
Review from IT Dept
was okay but could be more geared towards acquiring talent
Review from IT Dept
Provide clear target date of decision and share the status frequently
Review from Business Development Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
Working on R&D projects as opposed to engineering changes.
I have freedom to deliver the best part of my capability
having good steady work and meeting our goals
The people i work with and cision
The culture, the pay and its benefit
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Customers rightly see Cisco as stale technology. There is very little innovation at Cisco these days.
Top heavy company which only cares about leadership team members. People try to work the least amount of time. Indians are a plague.
Folks are being put on action plans for no reason, even when they are hitting their numbers.
Review from Operations Dept
Long-term outlook for the company is dying because of its focus on acquisition instead of innovation.
Review from Marketing Dept
So many silos and artificial metrics it creates a lack of transparency and individual kingdoms
What do you like best about your company?
The social media team is so fun!
Review from Operations Dept
Ability to take trainings and work from home
Review from IT Dept
the people are just really good at their jobs
Review from Engineering Dept
Flexibility, salary and benefits
trust and culture
Review from IT Dept
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Culture needs to adopt ownership accountability and mutual support
Two words: Pay. Parity. I am tired of seeing womxn being paid less than men in many segments of the company.
Review from Operations Dept
so many things, from recognition and compensation to overall work environment. Definitely my manager. I wish there were less repercussions for internal movement. Everyone "says" it's fine and you can and they'll support you. But it's a lie. I have had two movements sabotaged by management
Review from IT Dept
career options, less sales driven
Review from Customer Support Dept