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Once a great company, and now constantly thrashing

Software Engineer IV
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 20 years
November 4, 2014
Boxboro, Massachusetts
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Decent pay, good bonus, ESPP plan. Some BUs do interesting work.

Cons

Annual "re-orgs" (layoffs).

Constantly outsourcing jobs to India and China.

The company lacks a real vision, and the senior VPs are mostly hacks.

Perhaps it's because Chambers does not want to hire his heir. Hard to say.

Either way, the current way is not working.

Advice to Management

It's time for Chambers and his circle to move on. They have nothing left to offer.

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