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Used to be a fun company, now it's just a big corporation

Software QA Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
January 22, 2015
San Jose, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Decent benefits, intelligent workers, great IT support department, and PTO.

Cons

Corporations can get too big, leading to a lot of inter-office bureaucracy and a lack of transparency. Some managers are more political animals than people managers, who are more interested in their personal gain rather than the team's growth.

Advice to Management

Management needs to find someone who is competent and has the company and team's interest at heart.

Also, work-life balance is very, very bad. Some managers drive engineers to work overtime, and family life suffers.

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