Ineffective Mid/Upper Management, impacting innovation
Ineffective Mid/Upper Management, impacting innovation
Generally good engineers.
Depending on what group you are in, can be a fun place to work.
Chance of exposure to different technologies as the company does encourage mobility.
Compensation is fair: base salary plus annual bonus (which is based on company and individual performance). Company also gives out RSUs.
Upper management is often out of touch with the underlying problems, leading to either inaction or, worse, ill-informed decisions.
Company struggles to innovate due to very heavy processes that stifle putting ideas into action. Cisco, with their big wallets, can overcome this via acquisitions.
Acquisitions typically struggle to innovate and grow their products. Instead, they become a sustaining shop. Over time, their products either get eliminated or outsourced, and the original group gets laid off.
Annual layoffs nurture a sub-optimal culture. It does not matter if you are really good or not; if you happened to be on the wrong project, you can be impacted.
Annual peer ranking feeds into the annual layoffs. Everyone is aware of this process, which encourages less-than-ideal behavior.
Raises are slim or too infrequent.
Get rid of peer rankings.
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The interviewer was not sincere and was playing with his dog the whole time. I couldn't understand how this person had become director. The questions seemed aimed at proving what you don't know rather than what you do know.
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFebruary 1, 2021There were three rounds of technical and behavioral questions. The interviews were conducted professionally, lasting 40 minutes with 5 minutes of Q&A. Technical questions focused on the current project, followed by several behavioral questions.
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San Jose, California, United StatesJune 1, 2019The interviewer was not sincere and was playing with his dog the whole time. I couldn't understand how this person had become director. The questions seemed aimed at proving what you don't know rather than what you do know.
