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A whirlwind of activity with interesting projects, but where direction changes often

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for 6 years
July 14, 2014
San Jose, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

I have completed a lot of interesting projects, and more are on the road map.

Excellent training is readily available.

The people are friendly and smart!

Organizations are nimble.

Opportunities are available to change groups.

Cons

Priorities change frequently, causing many projects to be either shelved or derailed.

An increasing dependency on offshore contractors, as the local workforce is shrinking due to attrition.

Working on projects across time zones is becoming increasingly difficult.

Changes are not communicated well, or sometimes not at all.

Difficult to promote.

Advice to Management

Be more transparent regarding changes. Hire more local engineers! Break project teams up into timezones (as much as possible)!

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