Working at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA: 448 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

"Tornado of new and interesting technologies."

"Good work life balance. Many perks."

"The rent is too high in bay area!"

"I love Cisco. Like many involved in the company downsizing and centralization - my time as a contractor comes to a close. Though sad to be departing - I can't speak highly enough of the team that I worked with. Intelligent, caring and dedicated, they produce an enormous amount of work and we all work so well together. A high point of my career and I hope to be able to return someday."

"I have worked in this company during summer. I loved how all employees helped to make a great product."

"Cisco is best company I have worked at till now."

"I found the last project with Cisco as fulfilling in terms of career growth. I've learned a lot from Cisco senior engineers that I have supported during the migration with Citibank. Citibank having more than 20,000 employees in ASPAC alone gave my experience in voice a big boost, and I have attained more self-esteem in terms of solving and troubleshooting Cisco Voice technology."

"Good company. Need to attract top talented people to bring new technologies."

"I worked for Cisco for 7 years. Some years were good and some years were not. Managers at Cisco do not help you in your career growth. Also the way the company rates people on a curve creates competition between its workforce."

"I've worked for Cisco for several years. The company is a great place to work that encourages employees to balance work and family."

"Good company to work apropos to the products. Sometimes the environment is not good."

"I've worked with Cisco Systems since 2005. The Company is Enterprise customers oriented and is working to reinvent itself from the best Networking Gear Provider in the world into the Best IT Company in the world. Along the way many mistakes are made and many people never see the efforts of their daily job integrated in customer servicing products. Cisco is very people oriented and follows strong processes to insure alignments at all times."

"Strong company with family friendly work environment. Some groups work in a start up mode requiring employees to work at night and week ends. Compensation and other benefits are good and hence had overall good experience. Work culture depends on the group. Most of the time is spent on e-mails and meetings and hence the productivity is greatly impacted."

"Nice company to start the career, and get trained. Lack of innovation."

"I've found this company a great place to work and learn. The opportunities are tremendous, yet the large organization size brings with it some challenges too. Overall, it has been an enriching experience."