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Good company, but not great

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cisco for 6 years
July 21, 2017
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Still the leader in the industry.

Lots of experienced people in the RS, networking, SDN, etc. areas.

Good employee benefits, OK work & life balance.

Salary is OK but not great.

Cons

Too many re-orgs. Depending on your team, once per six months would not be abnormal.

Your performance is evaluated heavily by your visibility, so the people just doing the talking and who know how to play the game of favoritism are considered having great "leadership" skills. Hard and honest work seldom gets you promoted.

Few people would speak out when decisions from higher management clearly don't make sense. Where are the backbones?

Advice to Management

Innovation can't just stay as a slogan, while the major source of that is from acquisition.

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