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Good but not great

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
January 29, 2017
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Good people to work with (can only speak of my team).

Good work-life balance.

Good benefits.

Cons

Too many layoffs is demoralizing.

Pay is not that great, especially at the junior level.

Slow work environment. Email-heavy culture slows things down. It is impossible to get things done quickly, even if you want to, as it is generally hard to meet people face-to-face.

A lot of people work from home too often.

Lack of transparency about what is happening at the higher levels.

Managers do not interact with employees as often, and even members of the same team do not interact with each other as often, leading to a lack of team spirit.

A lot of people are not passionate about their work. Many are working just for the sake of it.

Advice to Management

Please change the work culture to be more interactive.

Don't encourage people to work remotely.

There is no replacement for face-to-face interaction.

Make pay more competitive to retain good people.

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