Cisco Systems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The job is challenging, and Cisco has new products every time to test."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Best company to work for and a good experience."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I worked for a small period of time."

"Management is lying to you."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The environment was good. The peers were excellent. They were some of the brightest people around. Working from home was a huge benefit. The laid-back atmosphere was generally great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Take the job. You'll never have to work another day in your life."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The managers in VSEC were among the most incompetent, back stabbing empire builders ever to be employed anywhere. When things went great, they stole credit. When things failed, they shifted blame. There was no way to win in this environment. If you weren't one of the favorite sons, you were doomed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen more to the lower level employees like the product managers, without the filters of upper level management. THEY ARE LYING TO YOU. Problems are hidden and people silenced. Things are NOT as good as they are telling you. One only has to look at the revenue failure of ASA and VSEC and how bug-ridden it is to know they were sold a bill of goods that was crap. The customers know it."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It was a challenging job with an aggressive atmosphere. It allowed you to work with some the best engineers in the industry, and the training was constant and rewarding. The commission was one of the best in the industry."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a proven track record and show determination, discipline, and time management skills."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Advancement was nonexistent. If you were successful in sales, management wanted to keep you in your position. You became the go to person to assist in hitting their quarterly quota assignment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too much power was placed in the regional manager hands. There needs to be some kind of review board to determine what each individual's personal goal requirements may be."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"This is a place for employees to be advanced in their working experience. It is very high tech. Cisco provides a lot of training courses."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Cisco only hires top notch people since there is a long line of candidates. Be confident and know what you are talking about. Never lie in your resume. It is very embarrassing if they find out. I saw someone left within three weeks."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Supervisors are always in the meetings, and you never get a chance to communicate till someone leaves."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get trained in time management. Communication with subordinates is as important as reporting level."

"Disaster."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't apply. Be smart and find a job at another place."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is a severely overrated company with barbaric policies. Managers are total hypocrites."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leave USA and go to India."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The money was great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure that you know who the players are."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It was very stressful. Management favored younger employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Judge people on what they do, not how political they are."

"Good place to work. The people were great."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Cisco was a really good place to work."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike the messy configuration."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest teamwork."

"If you're on a permanent position - it's great. If you're a contractor - it's very often not that good."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I liked the interesting work and pleasant environment. It was GREAT."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go for it."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike the fact that my job was sent to INDIA!!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Buy American. The job you save could be yours."

"Best network company, and a good place to work."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like the overall working environment, like lab, and WFH."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare enough network and Linux information."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike the mass layoff."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like the flexible working hours and working from home. A balance between personal & professional fronts can be maintained. There is good managerial support."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, honest & straightforward, to what you know or you don't."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should provide more opportunities to good, dynamic employees."

"Cisco Systems is a good networking company."

"Cisco is undergoing extreme competition from Juniper, Avaya/Nortel, Brocade, and Microsoft."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"We had a phenomenal sales team (15 members) that unfortunately was disbanded during a management change."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Spend time thinking of questions you will ask during your interviews. Cisco is a huge company and you should find out as much as you can before making a decision to move into a large organization."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Being a large company, there were too many cooks in the kitchen, and it was very hard getting decisions made at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cut down on the number of conference calls and allow the sales reps to spend more time in front of their customers."

"Cisco is a great company for new technology growth."