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Great place to work, but sometimes people are very headstrong and there are lots of politics

Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 2 years
April 5, 2013
Bengaluru, Karnataka
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Great work-life balance. Can work on all possible technologies, end-to-end.

Very flexible. Good place to settle after some 8+ years of experience. Very good initial pay package. You'll get more only if you get promoted. No or less intermediate hikes.

Cons

No salary hikes, very rare travel chances, and no opportunity to save money if you travel.

Sometimes only bug fixing, less coding, and documentation work.

A very independent work culture. Most people are disconnected or spread out. Most of the real R&D happens in the US and other countries. Some product teams have only small customizations or porting of code to new hardware only.

Advice to Management

Please value employees and give good hikes. Good work from the US also needs to be done in India, with recognition.

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