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In my view, Cisco is an experienced player

Software Engineer QA III
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 20 years
June 15, 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

Facilities... Campus Technology Training flexible timings.

Cons
  1. Inaccurate management decisions. No VP stays long; they keep shuffling crazily.

  2. The company is just having fund inflow for the reason that they were in networking earlier than others. However, the end of the tunnel is not too far with the way management sees projects and customers. According to them, policies are keeping them in business. It's a good time to think again: money is playing the game, not innovation. Most acquisitions are a failure, as they acquire and later damage the empire acquired.

Advice to Management

Shareholders are the guys of interest in business, I agree!

But just for the sake of stashed $68B cash, you can't go buying a solid built empire and kill it and its builders in the name of business always.

I can just remember an employee's state as, "A KFC chicken made to lay enough good eggs, and being killed in the name of business/stakeholders." By doing this, the chicken is said to be in served good royal/branded facilities compared to others. But yet, at the end, you just chop the hands of the people who helped you gain in a way or other!!!

Sad... a pure inhuman way, I feel...

One more thing... surviving in Cisco is like getting to know you have a cancer. Never know when you die... but mainly, every day/minute is like realizing you could be thrown out for no mistake of yours... [I am not removed here yet :-)]

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