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Software Engineer III
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 4 years
October 27, 2014
San Jose, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Flexibility and buffer to learn new stuff.
  2. Lots of smart people, especially in the data centre business unit.
  3. Great work culture, allowed to WFH, which helps in being productive.
Cons
  1. Suffers the same problems as any big company.
  2. Too many rules and strategies, which sometimes hinders technical growth.
  3. Seen indifference towards doing things the right way because of the politics of a big company; too many hacks around in the code.
Advice to Management

Spend some money, stop laying off people. If that means to stop spinning off companies, stop it!

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