Cisco

Pay is good, as are benefits.

Work from home is generally supported, as is a balanced work/home life.

Visibility into what really goes on within the regional companies is not very good, except when it comes to profit.

Cisco frequently performs reorganizations under the guise of shifting business priorities. Actually, however, they are purging the ranks of older workers.

During the last layoffs of ~6500 employees, only a few problematic employees were laid off. All the rest were just older (50s - 60s).

It is obvious that employees are important in a limited way. They are just fodder to be thrown away when too old.

Management of companies that are bought out should not be run by the previous management. Failures of the NDS business were caused because of cross-regional politics, not because of technology or talent differences.

More like cultural differences. A global company must have management strong enough to make all regions work together effectively.