It was good for a little while
It was good for a little while
- I learned a tremendous amount during my time with Cisco.
- Benefits are pretty good, better than most other companies in my geographic area.
- Opportunities for internal movement.
- Leadership tolerates drama, lying, and backstabbing.
- There is a lack of accountability for managers and individual contributors.
- Star players are often invisible to management, even their own managers.
- Old-fashioned office politics are strongly encouraged and required above a certain level.
- It's often the most destructive employees who get the most positive attention (the squeaky wheel gets applauded when they fix things they broke?).
- There is very short-term memory of cause-and-effect consequences (the same mistakes are made repeatedly by leadership).
- The culture is self-centered, cliquish, judgmental, and eager to exclude from the "in" groups.
- It is very much a sink-or-swim organization, but talent is valued less than "playing the politics game."
- The organization will consume your life if you let it; some managers do not accept that you have a life outside of work.
- A manager's word is always taken as solid gold by leadership.
- Overall, a very toxic environment.
- Value talent higher than social manipulation.
- Purge the bad managers.
- Make accountability central to managerial responsibilities.
- Identify and listen to your top players.
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It was straightforward. I was provided with a blueprint for the interview and had a designated time to speak for myself. They then assessed me based on the questions they chose to ask.
Software Engineer
There were three rounds: * OA * Technical (OOPS) * Technical The interviewer in the third round was not good. She was laughing during the interview, which felt a bit humiliating. Otherwise, everything else was nice with HR and the other people I in
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Hired out of college. The process took about a month. Joined a team that had just been bought in as a startup.
Technical Lead
Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaMarch 1, 2023It was straightforward. I was provided with a blueprint for the interview and had a designated time to speak for myself. They then assessed me based on the questions they chose to ask.
Software Engineer
IndiaDecember 1, 2021There were three rounds: * OA * Technical (OOPS) * Technical The interviewer in the third round was not good. She was laughing during the interview, which felt a bit humiliating. Otherwise, everything else was nice with HR and the other people I in
Hardware Engineer
United StatesFebruary 20, 2014Hired out of college. The process took about a month. Joined a team that had just been bought in as a startup.
