Cisco

Flexible working hours.

Good place to check out and retire.

Decent benefits, but they are getting worse.

Decent compensation for top performers.

Rampant nepotism.

A lot of talk, no walk.

Little or no accountability.

Extremely top-heavy management structure.

MO: If unable to innovate, steal someone else's idea and take their credit.

I've been here half of my life and have been living a downward spiral.

Start thinking about the business before spending more effort on personal benefit.

Penalizing the lower ranks is a short-term solution with longer-term negative effects.

Clean up the source of the real problem.