Cisco Systems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Very great working place."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I do like the flexibility of working hours, benefits, place to work, and convenience to my house."

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

"This is a great company to work for. Senior management needs to break the old boys club mentality."

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

"There is too much politics within the workplace. We need a change in senior management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to delegate responsibilities now to the new breed of management."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"My likes are: 1) brand recognition 2) great products/solutions 3) work with bright people."

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

"My dislikes are: 1) lack of SE resources 2) I'm in an overlay to an overlay position."

"I learnt a lot there and have grown as a professional."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It brings up new challenges every day and feels good if you are up to them."

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

"Try to be enthusiastic and demonstrate good problem-solving skills."

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

"The scope of promotions and other benefits is very low."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The hierarchy of the job profiles should be much more detailed."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Get help from an experienced engineer. The testing equipment is advanced."

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

"Be confident. Be friendly and prepared. If you get stuck in the interview, just stay calm."

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

"The development procedures are very long. Focus on product, not management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more innovative. Hire talented young people. Don't hire some dummy ones."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is a very great team-oriented environment, with great support from the leadership team."

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

"Focus on your own growth and objectives, and create a plan of execution with strategy."

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

"The company is fairly large, and one can tend to get lost in the number of people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue leading a great company and growing the bottom line."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I would love to be working at the company. I like the benefits, culture, people, and the fun. Since I worked for Cisco for a while, I know lots of people."

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

"Be honest and open to the suggestion. Tell the truth of your idea."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be fair, empower the people, and trust each other."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The company provides the resources and opportunities to do the work."

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

"Each organization has their own interviewing formats. However, they like it if you know about the product you are interviewing for, which you can find out through their website."

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

"As the company grew, it was not flexible and became more bureaucratic."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to have more respect towards people with experience and knowledge."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I liked always working for the new project or product, and facing the new challenge of what I never learned, or few learned, to improve."

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

"There was seldom a person I could ask or learn from, and I disliked the long-term cycle of the project."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize the different guys, and involve them in different kinds of jobs/tasks."

"Good place for an easy worker."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The work place is good. It's in the Bay area, near public transport."

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

"The IT department is very static. It's not open for new changes."

"Good place for an easy worker."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Work place in Cisco is good. It's in Bay Area."

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

"The IT department is very static. It's not open for new ideas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The IT department is very static its not open for new ideas."

"Learned a lot, contributed a lot, wasn't as busy as desired."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"People were dedicated to getting their jobs done, and done well. It was a nice environment, not high pressured, though jobs did have deadlines."

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

"Getting the job done on time and done well is more important than how many hours you spend doing it. Clock-watchers will feel out of place."

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

"For me, there simply was not enough consistent work, so I found things that I could work on."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clearer communication to the team would be helpful. Also, directly speaking to all involved rather than indirect (tell so-and-so to do this) is best."

"Great technology information, but growth opportunity is limited."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Cisco has great networking information for its employees to learn technical information."

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

"The work is challenging and exciting, but the career growth opportunity is very limited."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"In Cisco you work with the cutting edge technologies - always up to date. Working remotely - almost every day is a great perk too (Cisco IT only)."

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

"Personally, I had terrible experiences with both the recruiters and the hiring managers - although I was a pretty higher-grade employee (higher than hiring managers!) at Cisco and recently got laid-off. They never contact you after the interviews unless they hire somebody, I suppose. They simply treat you like trash - although you were a Cisco employee recently. I remember, before I got the job at Cisco, I had a file written to complain (email) against the recruiter/s and hiring manager/s. But it was way back when, when the economy was NOT as it is today!"

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

"Managers - unfortunately I have rarely seen a company where the managers are so worthless! You always have to say yes sir, yes sir, to get the bonus but learn nothing from them, but get orders only. I have worked for half a dozen companies globally and I know what I am talking about!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Weed out worthless managers with qualified ones. In Cisco, there are managers without any portfolio - nobody reports to them, and directors who do not have even any team to direct. Seriously!"

"Cisco was a great learning environment, but very stressful at times."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like the flexible hours, telecommuting, and freedom to do my job as I see fit."

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

"Be technically competent, be flexible, and be ready to work hard."

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

"The schedules were brutal at the end because of all the layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make it a company that employees can retire from. You should be able to stick around if you're a good worker."