Cisco

Benefits are alright, though most start past 6 months.

Pay is good.

Looks good on a resumé.

• Work-life balance is very poor; salaried employees are basically modern-day slaves.
• Everything is dependent on your relationship with your manager (remote work, any shift in hours from 9-5, etc.).
• Job duties are unclear.
• The team is not involved in technical decisions.
• Remote work is discouraged for most, but not all, employees, even those in the same position on the same team.
• Non-technical managers lead IT teams (database, ETL, developers).
• It's a very inclusive environment, not for people who maintain business professionalism.
• Everyone wants to be friends; many managers show outright nepotism.

Stop trying to make everyone seem like friends and just let the workplace be a professional environment.

Non-technical people should not lead technical teams. It takes longer to explain things to them than it would to just complete the task.