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Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
June 21, 2015
San Jose, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

Opportunity to expand your knowledge of networking, with lots of internal job movement opportunities.

Industry expertise and an engineering-driven culture.

Good pay, stock, and bonus, plus full benefits packages.

Cons

Nepotism is rampant. Lots of leaders only hire or promote friends. Knowledge and deliverables are secondary in bonus calculations and raise and promotion priorities decisions.

Advice to Management

Monitor Sr. Director behaviors more closely with skip-level surveys. Use the survey data to drive investigations.

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