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Good Benefits, Office Politics

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cisco for 20 years
November 20, 2013
San Jose, California
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Solid company. It still keeps good market share of its traditional products. It offers employees good benefits.

Cons

Lots of office politics.

Many useless meetings lowered people's productivity.

Although there are smart engineers in Cisco, the company doesn't attract top talent of the industry to develop new products or bring in new technologies.

Lower-level managers often lack the necessary management skills.

People are competing for "visibility" rather than getting the job done.

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