Cisco

1. Flexibility is given to employees to work and complete projects in time.

2. Market leader in networking with great innovation and technologies to learn and work.

3. High-profile customers, but you need to be technically solid to handle them.

4. Add-on world-class campus.

1. Low salaries compared to the rest of the networking companies. HR is mostly inactive here, as no actions are taken to correct salaries to market standards. Sometimes, a hike can take 3-4 years to happen. Because of these issues, good people leave.

2. Lots of work, even on weekends, so work-life balance is a myth in some BUs.

3. Lots of reorgs. You might be working under one manager one day and might be working under another after a few days. It becomes difficult to settle at one team.

Value the hard-working, loyal talent and pay them accordingly. Keep them happy, or after a few years, only less-talented individuals will be left in the organization.