Cisco

Opportunities to network with some of the brightest minds in Computer Networks.

Good benefits and compensation.

Flexibility to move within the organization.

Becoming increasingly bureaucratic with a "my way or the highway" leadership style.

Increased lack of transparency in management.

Bad hiring practices, increasing mediocrity in talent.

Management does not take your career development seriously.

Extremely long work hours to fulfill mundane duties.

Sub-par processes and lots of inefficiencies.

Fix the hiring process. Empower engineers to make decisions. At your core, you are still an engineering company. Remove unwanted inefficiencies in processes. Make it easier for engineers to do their job.