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Nice Campus, Toxic Politics

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
July 8, 2015
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.0
Pros

Nice campus, facilities, etc. Brand name.

Cons

A political battleground; not a place for a productive software engineer who wants to work sincerely and get work done. It's just a battleground for political managers and directors (dime a dozen) who want to bask in their own ego, save their own jobs somehow, and try to act like they influence a lot of things. The reality is that all decisions get taken from San Jose and get percolated through. It is like a big boys' club at all times. Many first-line and second-line managers are worthless.

Advice to Management

Just resign and stay away from engineering.

You folks should join BSNL or something.

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