Used to be great, not anymore
Used to be great, not anymore
Still some name recognition, although rapidly diminishing value.
Exposure to new technologies, though not well thought out.
Bonus is decent at times.
Ability to work from home.
Talented peer engineers.
Work from home is expected (silently mandatory) and is overabused.
Long work hours, worse than startups, without adequate rewards in terms of potential stock gains. This is kind of moot since Cisco stock is stuck in a quagmire.
Gradual erosion of benefits to the point of penny-pinching, leading to loss of morale.
Steady deterioration in health benefits to the point that health benefits at startups are better.
Managers and senior management are getting fat over the backs of engineers.
The pulse survey is a joke and exists only to meet some ISO 9000 audit.
Not a good place for an engineer over the long term.
Cut the fat, starting with the very top, and apply the bottom 5% rule. Act now to stem the slide in Cisco value.
It is time to clean out the entire senior management and the Board of directors.
Do not penny pinch, as this is a bad image for the company and a big morale sapper.
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