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Treats employees with respect but no longer compensates them for hard work

Software Engineer III
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 20 years
August 23, 2012
Richardson, Texas
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great people and working environment. Integrity and honesty. Treats employees well in tough times, such as family emergencies or layoffs. Good mobility within the company.

Cons

Many of the benefits they used to provide to attract and retain employees are gone.

Starting salaries are good, but don't count on getting a raise.

Once upon a time, everything you needed was on the internal company website and easy to get to. Now the information is outdated, and the new stuff is hard to find.

There is no more human in the human resources department.

Advice to Management

Bring back some of the programs and benefits that made people want to work at Cisco.

Clean up the internal website.

Promote individual contributors who have been working hard. Managers are the only ones who move up.

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