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No raise, even though I am CCIE certified

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
August 31, 2009
San Jose, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Nice gym, nice health center. Work remotely (but by paying for broadband yourself).

Cons

After I passed the exam, I got a 5k bonus, but no matching, raise, or promotion to market CCIE salary.

More cons:

  • No career growth, like me.
  • Work even on weekends, 10 pm-1 am (meeting with engineers in India) – no life.
  • Called layoffs "Limit Restructuring."
  • 7-9 management layers to CEO from engineer.
  • Ranking system is not transparent.
Advice to Management

Stop the ranking system and ePM; that is useless. Cut your 5% bottom directors/VPs, please. Stop cutting engineers and giving yourself a fat bonus.

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