Pros: Good benefits offered at Cisco.

Cons: No growth opportunities due to the size of the company.

Pros: - Great technology - Depending on the project, the work can be exceptionally good. - Very smart and talented people - Very good benefits (health insurance, 4.5% 401k matching, 15% on ESPP) - Industry leader and cutting-edge work experience - Good work-life balance - Lot of nerd lunches, tech talks are hosted and free for employees. Great place to learn.

Cons: - Not the best payer in terms of compensation. Pays only around 60-65% of the best compensation in Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA). - Too big a company. Redundant projects. Bureaucracy; a lot of internal politics sometimes affects growth. - A lot of processes to follow that stifle the work. - Poor at rewarding hardworking employees. - Promotions and salary increases are very few and super competitive. - Since 2010, there have always been layoffs looming. - Management is in constant re-org/reshuffle mode. - A lot of long-timers (10 years+) who don't work much and are a liability to the company. - Their definition of R&D is buying companies that have done some good R&D.

Pros: Overall, it is pretty good.

Cons: Overall, I do not have any.