Great Learning, Team, Tough Layoffs
Great Learning, Team, Tough Layoffs
I spent the first few years of my career at Cisco.
I had friendly, well-educated co-workers who were happy to mentor me. I also had a great work-life balance and learned a lot about professional software development.
There were a few rounds of layoffs during my time at Cisco that hurt morale. Also, occasional turf wars between teams meant decisions were made that were best for an individual manager, but not necessarily best for the employees or the larger company.
Fewer layoffs!
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