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Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
November 2, 2015
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Still finding the pros from the past 2.5 years.

Cons

At the time of the offer letter, HR stated that the work type would be Development, but it is entirely Sustenance (Bug Fixing).

Cisco is not doing well; it doesn't have enough money to give hikes to at least 80% of its employees. Many employees in Cisco Bangalore have not received a hike for the past 2.5 years.

If an employee asks their managers or higher management, they try to scare them by saying they will be fired and have bad remarks put in their relieving letter.

As every year, there is a culture at Cisco to fire employees. So, managers take advantage of this, and as there are few networking companies, they always try to harass employees.

If anyone joins, managers directly tell them that they will not get a hike even if they perform well because they switched companies to get a good amount of hike compared to their previous employer.

Dirty politics at Cisco.

No career growth.

Advice to Management

Higher management is the worst.

Many of the employees don't know who the HR for their Business Unit is.

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