Cisco

Since there are many business units, it is easy to find opportunities within (if you are worried about your green card processing).

A lot of different products in different modes of operation, from a startup-like aggressive environment to mature products.

Slow growth in promotion and base salary hikes.

Over 5 years, I haven't seen more than a 5% base salary growth (though I admit when hired, they gave a high, competitive package, but there was no follow-up after that).

Over the years, I have only seen cutbacks in all sorts of spending. Competitive companies did the same, but have restored balance.

Over the years, the pride and employee satisfaction for working for this company has been diminishing.

There are a lot of better, younger, and more competitive companies out there.

1. The company isn't short of money, then why the miserly attitude with respect to spending/promotion/salary hikes? At least help keep up with annual inflation.

2. Management is heavily loaded with unnecessary hierarchy. Do we really need second-line managers to manage managers? Isn't that the job of directors? Too many cooks spoil the broth.