Cisco

• Decent salary and benefits.
• You can cruise along without doing much in some business units.

You can cruise along without doing much in some business units; low performers are rarely fired.

There's no emphasis on innovation; you will pretty much be adding some incremental little features to existing systems or maintaining legacy systems.

This is not a place for young superstars. Even if you rank in the top performance bracket, you might not get a promotion because there are 15 other older folks in the promotion pipeline.

Lots of dead wood in middle management; get rid of it.