Cisco

OK, work-life balance, remote work, some really cool people.

Arrogant management, big focus on OPEX. The way the company progresses is by running layoff marathons every 3 months. There is no appreciation. People get fired if they have opinions different than their manager, and HR covers up all those cases. The leadership has no clue about the products they are asking engineers to build. Things get built and scrapped and rebuilt, and to cover the failure, it's presented as a learning curve (learning when everyone already knew it?).

The career opportunities do not exist. Pay is rather low compared to the market.

Average benefits, with a few being taken away :(

There are a few great people, but the culture coming from upper management is disgusting, saying, "You're either with us or you should leave." Not very motivating or convincing.

Keep on rolling with your layoffs, and this company will follow Nokia's steps.